{"id":24313,"date":"2013-06-19T21:04:53","date_gmt":"2013-06-20T01:04:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=24313"},"modified":"2013-06-19T21:04:53","modified_gmt":"2013-06-20T01:04:53","slug":"healthpark-medical-center-and-cape-coral-hospital-recognized-as-healthgrades-2013-womens-health-excellence-award-recipients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2013\/06\/healthpark-medical-center-and-cape-coral-hospital-recognized-as-healthgrades-2013-womens-health-excellence-award-recipients\/","title":{"rendered":"HealthPark Medical Center and Cape Coral Hospital Recognized as Healthgrades 2013 Women\u2019s Health Excellence Award\u2122 Recipients"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-24314\" title=\"HealthGrades logo(2)\" src=\"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/HealthGrades-logo2-300x91.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"91\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/HealthGrades-logo2-300x91.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/HealthGrades-logo2-1024x311.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/HealthGrades-logo2.jpg 1772w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>HealthPark Medical Center and Cape Coral Hospital announced today that they have achieved the Healthgrades 2013 Women\u2019s Health Excellence Award\u2122 according to Healthgrades, the leading online resource that helps consumers search, evaluate, compare and connect with physician and hospitals. This recognition distinguishes HealthPark Medical Center and Cape Coral Hospital as top performing hospitals in women\u2019s health by comparing performance, not only for maternity care and gynecological services, but also how women fared when treated for cardiology, orthopedic, stroke and other conditions.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->\u201cWe are so proud of this recognition.\u00a0 It validates the hard work we\u2019ve been putting into initiatives that improve the quality of care and support for women,\u201d explains Kathy Bridge-Liles, Interim CAO of Golisano Children\u2019s Hospital of Southwest Florida who has also served as VP of Women\u2019s and Children\u2019s Services.\u00a0 \u201cInnovative technology along with the ongoing implementation of \u2018best practice\u2019 standards in women\u2019s care, have worked tominimize pain, risk, and recovery times while improving outcomes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Healthgrades 2013 Women\u2019s Health Excellence Award recipient hospitals have the potential to save women\u2019s lives.\u00a0 Compared to hospitals that performed in the bottom 10% from 2009 through 2011, Healthgrades Women\u2019s Health Excellence Award recipients as a group had a 55% lower mortality rate across eight conditions and procedures and a 21% lower complication rate across seven conditions and procedures.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWomen tend to fare worse than men in the treatment of significant medical conditions like cardiovascular disease, so it is important for women to understand their risks and select a hospital accordingly,\u201d said Brad Bowman, M.D., Chief Medical Officer, Healthgrades.\u00a0 \u201cThe Healthgrades 2013 Women\u2019s Health Excellence Award recipients have demonstrated\u00a0exceptional performance and a dedicated approach to delivering superior quality of care for women.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To see the complete\u00a0Healthgrades Women\u2019s Health Report 2013: \u2018Lean In\u2019 When Making Healthcare Decisions to Get Your Best Outcome, including full methodology, please visit:\u00a0<a title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"http:\/\/www.healthgrades.com\/quality\" target=\"_blank\">www.healthgrades.com\/quality<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HealthPark Medical Center and Cape Coral Hospital announced today that they have achieved the Healthgrades 2013 Women\u2019s Health Excellence Award\u2122 according to Healthgrades, the leading online resource that helps consumers&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[99],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24313"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24313"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24313\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}