Vassar Brothers and Putnam Hospital Center Recognized By US News

From Health Quest:

To help guide patients to hospitals that provide outstanding care, U.S. News & World Report released its Best Hospitals results on Tuesday with Vassar Brothers Medical Center and Putnam Hospital Center ranked as “high performing” in two specialty categories.

In an evaluation of more than 5,000 hospitals across the United States, Vassar Brothers and Putnam received high marks for congestive heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD.

“We are pleased that U.S. News & World Report recognized our cardiovascular teams for their excellence in the treatment of heart failure patients,” said Dr. Daniel O’Dea, vice president of Cardiovascular Services for the hospitals’ parent organization Health Quest. “We are dedicated to the compassionate and holistic care of our patients, utilizing some of the most advanced technology and leading treatments.”

“Putnam Hospital Center’s excellent results are attributable to the cooperation and teamwork of a wide spectrum of our staff,” said Dr. Lawrence Schek, the hospital’s vice president of Medical Affairs. “It is indicative of our dedication to our patients and their safety and also a testament to the outstanding care we offer to patients.”

Best Hospitals rankings help guide patients to facilities that deliver outstanding care across 25 specialties, procedures and conditions, according to U.S. News & World Report. The ranking methodologies include objective measures such as patient survival, the number of times a given procedure is performed, infection rates, nurse staffing adequacy and more.

For 2016-17, 153 hospitals were ranked in at least one specialty, while 1,628 received a high performance rating in one or more specialties, procedures or conditions. In rankings by state and metro area, U.S. News recognized hospitals that were high performing across multiple areas of care.

Best Hospitals was produced by U.S. News with RTI International, a research organization based in Research Triangle Park, N.C. The rankings will be published in the U.S. News “Best Hospitals 2017” guidebook or viewed online at Best Hospitals. For more about Vassar Brothers Medical Center or Putnam Hospital Center, visit here or call (TTY 1-800-421-1220).

About Health Quest
Health Quest is the largest family of integrated nonprofit hospitals and healthcare professionals in the Hudson Valley. Health Quest combines talented physicians, state-of-the-art technology and compassionate caregivers dedicated to providing quality care across a variety of service lines, including Neurosciences, Oncology, Cardiovascular, Women/Children’s and Orthopedics.

Health Quest has a network of convenient locations throughout Columbia, Dutchess, Ulster, Orange, Putnam and northern Westchester counties, including three award-winning hospitals — Northern Dutchess Hospital in Rhinebeck, Putnam Hospital Center in Carmel and Vassar Brothers Medical Center in Poughkeepsie — plus multiple Health Quest Medical Practice primary care and specialty locations, two Urgent Care locations and affiliates including the Thompson House, a 100-bed skilled nursing facility on the Northern Dutchess Hospital campus, Health Quest Home Care and The Heart Center, a leading provider of cardiology services in the region.

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