Four full-service Quorum Health Resources (QHR) hospital clients in North Carolina have been recognized for being among the “Best Hospitals in North Carolina.” The hospital rankings, based on Medicare data and compiled by Health Grades, Inc.

Health Grades, Inc.

Health Grades, Inc. (Nasdaq:HGRD) today announced plans to release third quarter results for the period ended September 30, 2008 before the market opens on Thursday, October 30, 2008.

Patients have on average a 70 percent lower chance of dying at the nation's top-rated hospitals compared with the lowest-rated hospitals across 17 procedures and conditions analyzed in the eleventh annual HealthGrades Hospital Quality in America Study, issued today by HealthGrades, the leading independent healthcare ratings organization.

Health Grades, Inc. (Nasdaq:HGRD), the leading healthcare ratings company, announces the acquisition of WrongDiagnosis.com, a highly trafficked health information and community Web site.