Roxborough Memorial Hospital
10/24/2024 | News release | Distributed by Public on 10/24/2024 20:09
Roxborough Memorial Hospital Achieves Five-Star Ratings for Heart Failure and Diabetic Emergency Treatment from Healthgrades
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Roxborough Memorial Hospital Achieves Five-Star Ratings for Heart Failure and Diabetic Emergency Treatment from Healthgrades
Acknowledgment emphasizes outstanding clinical achievements and positive patient results
Philadelphia, PA (October 24, 2024)-Roxborough Memorial Hospital, part of the Prime Healthcare network, proudly announced today its recognition for outstanding clinical performance by Healthgrades, the premier resource for Americans seeking doctors and hospitals. The hospital earned five-star ratings for its Treatment of Heart Failure and Treatment of Diabetic Emergencies, highlighting its commitment to exceptional specialty care. This achievement places Roxborough Memorial Hospital among the top 10% of hospitals nationwide, as acknowledged by the Specialty Excellence Awards from Healthgrades.
"At Roxborough Memorial Hospital, we are committed to delivering outstanding, innovative, and individualized healthcare," stated Shawn Parekh, the hospital's CEO. "Being honored with this esteemed recognition from Healthgrades underscores our unwavering dedication to patient care. I would like to express my gratitude to our incredible team of physicians, nurses, and caregivers for their relentless pursuit of excellence. A heartfelt congratulations to all our clinical and service line leaders and their teams for achieving this remarkable milestone."
The accolades received by Roxborough Memorial Hospital are grounded in what truly matters: patient outcomes. In its 2025 hospital evaluation, Healthgrades assessed risk-adjusted mortality and complication rates for over 30 prevalent conditions and procedures across approximately 4,500 hospitals nationwide to identify the top performers in specialty care. Healthgrades provides patients with transparent performance metrics, empowering them to select hospitals that excel in delivering the care they require.
As variation in performance among hospitals continues to grow, it is increasingly important for consumers to seek care at top-rated programs. Healthgrades' 2025 analysis revealed that if all hospitals as a group performed similarly to five-star hospitals during the 2021-2023 study period, on average, 224,958 lives could potentially have been saved and 141,692 complications could potentially have been avoided.
"Healthgrades commends Roxborough Memorial Hospital for its clear commitment to delivering consistently superior patient outcomes in critical service areas, including Heart Failure and the Treatment of Diabetic Emergencies," said Brad Bowman, MD, chief medical officer and head of data science at Healthgrades. "Roxborough Memorial Hospital's leadership, expertise, and unwavering dedication to clinical excellence set a high mark for specialty care in Pennsylvania and nationwide."
Consumers can visit healthgrades.com to learn more about how Healthgrades measures hospital quality and access a patient-friendly overview of how we rate and why hospital quality matters here.
*Statistics are based on Healthgrades analysis of MedPAR data for years 2021 through 2023 and represent three-year estimates for Medicare patients only. Click here to view the complete 2025 Specialty Awards and Ratings Methodology.
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About Roxborough Memorial Hospital: Roxborough Memorial Hospital is a 131-bed community hospital. The hospital has been serving the medical and health care needs of the Roxborough, Manayunk, East Falls and northwest section of Philadelphia communities for more than a century, having first opened its doors in 1890. Roxborough Memorial Hospitals School of Nursing has been educating nurses since 1898. The hospital is accredited by the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, the nation's oldest and largest hospital accreditation agency. As part of Prime Healthcare Services, headquartered in Ontario, California, Roxborough Memorial Hospital is focused on becoming one of the leaders in technology.
About Prime Healthcare and Prime Healthcare Foundation: Prime Healthcare is an award-winning health system operating 44 hospitals and more than 300 outpatient locations in 14 states, providing over 2.6 million patient visits annually. It is one of the nation's leading health systems with nearly 50,000 employees and physicians dedicated to providing the highest quality healthcare. Fourteen of the Prime Healthcare hospitals are members of the Prime Healthcare Foundation, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit public charity. Based in Ontario, California, Prime Healthcare is nationally recognized for award-winning quality care and has been named a Top 10 and Top 15 Health System by IBM Watson Health. Its hospitals have been named among the nation's "100 Top Hospitals" 58 times and have received more Patient Safety Excellence Awards from Healthgrades than any other health system in the past six years. To learn more, please visit www.primehealthcare.com.
About Healthgrades: Healthgrades is dedicated to empowering stronger and more meaningful connections between patients and healthcare professionals. As the #1 platform for finding a doctor and as a leader in healthcare transparency, we help millions of consumers each month find and schedule appointments with their healthcare professional of choice and prepare for their appointments with best-in-class, treatment-focused content.
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