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Neurological & Orthopedic Hospital Ranked No. 1 in Illinois Among Top Five Percent in Nation for Spine Surgery

Posted on: Wednesday, 15 October 2008, 12:00 CDT

CHICAGO, Oct. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- For the second year in a row, the Neurologic & Orthopedic Hospital of Chicago (NOHC) has been ranked No. 1 in Illinois and is among the top five percent in the country for spine surgery. That is according to the Eleventh Annual HealthGrades Hospital Quality in America Study. Research analyzed patient outcomes at all of the nation's hospitals over the past three years. The study also concluded that NOHC is:

-- A recipient of the HealthGrades Spine Surgery Excellence Award two years in a row -- The only hospital in Illinois to receive spine surgery excellence award two years in a row -- Five-star rated for spine surgery two years in a row -- Five-star rated for back and neck surgery three years in a row -- Five-star rated for spinal fusion two years in a row -- Five-star rated for total knee replacement

In developing its 2009 healthcare quality ratings, released today, HealthGrades analyzed more than 41 million Medicare hospitalization records from 2005 to 2007 at the nation's approximately 5,000 non-federal hospitals.

As part of the nation's most comprehensive, independent analysis of hospital quality, HealthGrades found that patients treated at five-star rated hospitals for nine common procedures are 47 percent less likely to experience a major complication, such as post-operative infections or heart conditions, which can lengthen their hospital stay and increase costs. According to the study, if all Medicare patients had been treated at a top-performing hospitals, like the Neurologic & Orthopedic Hospital of Chicago, compared to the lowest-performing hospitals during 2005-07, more than 123,000 major complications potentially could have been avoided.

THE NEUROLOGIC & ORTHOPEDIC HOSPITAL OF CHICAGO

The Neurologic & Orthopedic Hospital of Chicago, 4501 N. Winchester Street, Chicago, is the country's only freestanding acute care facility dedicated exclusively to neuroscience and orthopedic services. In 2007, more than 2,000 neurosurgical and orthopedic surgeries were performed at NOHC. The brain and spinal fusion surgeries at NOHC have been acknowledged by many of Chicago's insurance companies as having the fewest complications The total joint program at NOHC boasts zero complications, perhaps the lowest complication rate of any hospital in the nation.

For more information on NOHC, log on to http://www.neuro-ortho.org/.

Neurologic & Orthopedic Hospital of Chicago

CONTACT: Lisa Stafford, for NOHC, +1-630-986-8749

Web site: http://www.neuro-ortho.org/

Source: PRNewswire

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