Saint Mary’s Recognized by U.S. News and World Report for Exceptional Performance in Key Categories
Reno, Nevada (July 17, 2024) – Saint Mary’s Health Network, a member of Prime Healthcare, has been named by U.S. News & World Report to its 2024-2025 Best Hospitals as a High Performing hospital for the treatment of diabetes, heart attack, heart failure, kidney failure, and pneumonia. This is the highest distinction a hospital can earn for U.S. News’ Best Hospitals Procedures & Conditions ratings. The annual Procedures & Conditions ratings are designed to assist patients and their health care providers in making informed decisions about where to receive care for challenging health conditions or elective procedures.
“For 35 years, U.S. News has been a leading resource for patients navigating their health care decisions,” said Ben Harder, chief of health analysis and managing editor at U.S. News. “The ‘High Performing’ designation acknowledges hospitals that consistently deliver high-quality care for specific medical procedures and conditions. This recognition highlights their expertise and commitment to patient well-being.”
U.S. News evaluated nearly 5,000 hospitals across 15 specialties and 20 procedures and conditions. Hospitals awarded a designation excelled at factors such as clinical outcomes, level of nursing care and patient experience.
“Saint Mary’s is thrilled to receive distinguished recognition in some of the most critical areas and specialties within an acute care hospital,” said Derrick Glum, CEO of Saint Mary’s Health Network. “Saint Mary’s is proud to be a trusted source for quality, award-winning healthcare and we are grateful to our care team for their commitment to improving the health and well-being of all those we are proud to serve.”
To calculate the Best Hospitals and Procedures & Conditions rankings, U.S. News evaluated each hospital’s performance on objective measures such as risk-adjusted mortality rates, preventable complications and level of nursing care. Methodology also included measurement of patient outcomes using data from millions of records provided by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. This year, among other methodology refinements, U.S. News incorporated new data on care provided to patients with Medicare Advantage insurance and on care provided to outpatients, nearly doubling the number of patients included in its annual data analysis. The Procedures & Conditions ratings are based entirely on objective quality measures.
This honor from U.S. News and World Report comes after Saint Mary’s was recently named to the 100 Great Community Hospital list from Becker’s Hospital Review and was also the only hospital in northern Nevada to be awarded the Healthgrades Patient Safety Excellence Award for 2024.