Great Falls Clinic Hospital today announced that it has been recognized as a 2023 Joint Replacement Excellence Award™ recipient by Healthgrades, the leading marketplace connecting doctors and patients. Healthgrades Specialty Excellence Awards recognize the top 10% of hospitals across the country in 17 specialty care areas. This achievement reflects Great Falls Clinic Hospital’s outstanding clinical outcomes for Joint Replacement and distinguishes Great Falls Clinic Hospital as one of the nation’s leading hospitals for Joint Replacement. Great Falls Clinic Hospital has received the Joint Replacement Excellence Award™ for a third consecutive year (2021-2023).
“We are proud to announce that Great Falls Clinic Hospital is the only hospital in out of Montana, North Dakota and Wyoming combined to achieve the Healthgrades Joint Replacement Excellence Award for three consecutive years (2021-2023),” said Wayne Gillis, Chief Executive Officer at Great Falls Clinic Hospital. “In fact, this is our third consecutive year to achieve this specialty excellence award. Being recognized by Healthgrades again this year is a strong testament to our entire team, all of whom strive each and every day to provide the highest quality patient care to our community, which we are so privileged to serve.”
Great Falls Clinic Hospital was also recognized with the following achievements:
· Five-Star Recipient for Total Hip Replacement for 4 Years in a Row (2020-2023)
· Five-Star Recipient for Total Knee Replacement for 7 Years in a Row (2017-2023)
Healthgrades evaluated patient mortality and complication rates for 31 of the most common conditions and procedures at nearly 4,500 hospitals across the country to identify the top-performing hospitals for specialty care. This year’s analysis revealed significant variation in patient outcomes between hospitals with a 2023 Healthgrades Specialty Excellence Award and hospitals that did not receive the award. From 2019-2021, patients treated at hospitals receiving the Joint Replacement Excellence Award™ have, on average, a 63.5% lower risk of experiencing a complication while in the hospital than if they were treated in hospitals that did not receive the award.*
“We commend Great Falls Clinic Hospital for their ongoing commitment to providing high-quality care to patients undergoing joint replacement,” said Brad Bowman, MD, Chief Medical Officer and Head of Data Science at Healthgrades. “Consumers can feel confident that recipients of the 2023 Joint Replacement Excellence Award™ have demonstrated their ability to deliver consistently exceptional outcomes.”
*Statistics are based on Healthgrades analysis of MedPAR data for years 2019 through 2021 and represent three-year estimates for Medicare patients only. For appendectomy and bariatric surgery, Healthgrades used inpatient data from 16 states that provide all-payer data for years 2019 through 2021. Click here to view the complete 2023 Specialty Excellence Awards and Ratings Methodology.
About the Great Falls Clinic:
In 1917, four visionary medical leaders opened a world-class comprehensive health care center, with an integrated team of specialists and a personal approach to wellness—far from an urban center. Today, the Great Falls Clinic Hospital provides diverse specialty medical clinics, urgent care clinics, primary care, cancer center, and highly specialized surgical services. The Great Falls Clinic Hospital is committed to improving the health and wellness of our community by striving to provide the best healthcare possible.
As a provider-led organization, the Hospital is committed to recruiting the exemplary medical staff members, harnessing the power of the latest medical technologies, continually striving for advancement, and above all, working as a team to meet the health needs of the 250,000 residents living in Central Montana.