Silver Cross Hospital Receives Three Women’s Choice Awards

Silver Cross Hospital recently received three 2016 recognitions from the Women’s Choice Award, for America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Patient Experience, America’s Best Bariatric Surgery and America’s Best Hospitals for Patient Safety.

The Women’s Choice Award, a national referral source for women, is the only recognition that identifies the country’s best healthcare institutions based on robust criteria that considers female patient satisfaction and clinical excellence.

“Receiving these three distinguished honors from the Women’s Choice Awards is a testament to the dedication of the hospital’s doctors, nurses, employees and volunteers,” said Paul Pawlak, President and CEO of Silver Cross Hospital. “We work together to constantly measure, review and improve our performance to make Silver Cross an exceptional place to receive care.”

The Women’s Choice Award has identified America’s Best Hospitals across our nation to help women make informed healthcare choices. Being named and recognized as a hospital of choice among women is an honorable achievement as it represents the strongest and most important consumer message in today’s healthcare marketplace. Considering that women account for 90% of all healthcare decisions for her and her family, being a hospital of choice women trust is commendable.

America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Patient Experience Award Methodology

The America’s 100 Best Hospitals scoring process is unique in that it is the only national list that focuses on female patient satisfaction. The process begins with a survey of hundreds of women. The survey determines which questions in the HCAHPS* survey, completed by patients after discharge, are most important to them in determining their satisfaction with their hospital stay.

A weight is given to each of the most important questions. For 2016, the most weight is given to those regarding the patient’s willingness to recommend, doctor and nurse communications, staff help, pain management, cleanliness and explanation of medications, in that order. Silver Cross Hospital provides women with a comprehensive array of outstanding services for breast health at the Silver Cross Center for Women’s Health including 3D Mammography. Patients event receive discounts at local businesses when they get their annual mammogram. S

ilver Cross has been recognized as a Center of Excellence in Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery and performs more robotic-assisted hysterectomies than any other hospital in the Chicago area. In addition, nearly half of all babies born in Will County are born in the Silver Cross Birthing Center.

To learn more about Silver Cross Women and Infant Services, visithttp://imatter.silvercross.org/.

America’s Best Hospitals for Bariatric Surgery Methodology

Hospitals earning the 2016 America’s Best Hospitals for Bariatric Surgery Award have met the high standards of The American College of Surgeons (ACS) and the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) through the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP). Additionally, those hospitals have received a patient recommendation rating above the national average on the HCAHPS survey by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

As Will County’s only MBSAQIP accredited center – Comprehensive and Blue Distinction Center for Bariatric Surgery, Silver Cross Hospital’s distinguished program includes BMI Surgery’s renowned bariatric surgeon, who perform laparoscopic gastric bypass including the popular LAP-BAND®, REALIZE® Gastric Banding System, Revisional Bariatric Surgery, ReShape™ Gastric Balloon Placement, and the Gastric Sleeve at Silver Cross Hospital.

To learn more, visit www.bmisurgery.org and register to attend a free informational session.

America’s Best Hospitals for Patient Safety Methodology

The America’s Best Hospitals for Patient Safety are hospitals that had a low incidence of problems arising from surgical errors and infections. The hospitals that report their frequency to The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) are ranked for each of the following eleven measures:

1. Deaths among patients with serious treatable complications after surgery,

2. Collapsed lung due to medical treatment,

3. Serious blood clots after surgery,

4. A wound that splits open after surgery on the abdomen or pelvis,

5. Accidental cuts and tears from medical treatment,

6. Serious complications,

7. Central line-associated blood stream infections (CLABSI),

8. Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTI),

9. Surgical Site Infection from colon surgery (SSI: Colon),

10. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) blood laboratory-identified events (bloodstream infections), and

11. Clostridium difficile (C.diff.) laboratory-identified events (intestinal infections).

For more information on the Women’s Choice Award and recipients, visit http://www.womenschoiceaward.com/.