Dignity Health Community Hospital of San Bernardino and Dignity Health St. Bernardine Medical Center announced today that the hospitals are named 2021 Five-Star Recipients in Critical Care, Heart Care, Orthopedics and Pulmonary procedures by Healthgrades, the leading online resource for comprehensive information about physicians and hospitals. Every year, Healthgrades evaluates hospital performance at nearly 4,500 hospitals nationwide for 34 of the most common inpatient procedures and conditions.*

Were honored to be recognized by Healthgrades for the outstandingquality care we provide to the San Bernardino community, states DouglasKleam, Hospital President, St. Bernardine Medical Center. These awards reflect our high standards of providing safe,compassionate care with excellent clinical outcomes.

Specifically, Healthgrades recognized St.Bernardine Medical Center as a:

AFive-Star rating indicates that statistically the hospitals clinical outcomesare significantly better than expected when treating the condition orperforming the procedure being evaluated.

According to June Collison, Hospital Presidentat Community Hospital, Our skilled care team of nurses and doctors whodeliver exceptional services to our patients deserve this recognition and it isrewarding to have our top-quality care honored by Healthgrades.

Community Hospital of San Bernardino has beennamed a:

Dignity Healths achievements are part of the findings featured in Healthgrades2021 Report to the Nation. The new report demonstrates how clinical performance continues to differ dramatically between hospitals regionally and nationally. Clinical quality varies significantly between hospitals, so its important for consumers to use information about outcomes to assess where to receive care, said Brad Bowman, MD, Chief Medical Officer at Healthgrades. These Five-Star ratings for critical care, neuroscience, and orthopedic procedures showcase the expertise and commitment of the San Bernardino hospitals to the patients they serves.

*For its analysis, Healthgrades evaluatedapproximately 45 million Medicare inpatient records for nearly 4,500 short-termacute care hospitals nationwide to assess hospital performance in 32 commonconditions and procedures, and evaluate outcomes in appendectomy and bariatricsurgery using all-payer data provided by 17 states. Healthgrades recognizes ahospitals quality achievements for cohort-specific performance, specialty areaperformance, and overall clinical quality. Individual procedure or conditioncohorts are designated as 5-star (statistically significantly better thanexpected), 3-star (not statistically different from expected) and 1-star(statistically significantly worse than expected) categories. The complete Healthgrades2021 Report to the Nation and detailed study methodology, can be foundat http://www.healthgrades.com/quality

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