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Wednesday, March 12, 2014
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Healthgrades gives Mary Washington and Stafford Hospitals excellence awards Fredericksburg — Mary Washington Hospital and Stafford Hospital received Healthgrades Excellence Awards for pulmonary care and Healthgrades 5-star ratings for the hospitals’ treatment of multiple conditions. The independent Healthgrades gave Mary Washington Hospital 5-star ratings for treatment of pulmonary embolism, bowel obstruction, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and pneumonia. Stafford Hospital was recognized with 5-star ratings for treatment of heart failure, sepsis and pneumonia. Healthgrades is a leading online source of physician information and
hospital quality outcomes, and it helps consumers search and compare physicians and hospitals. Mary Washington and Stafford Hospitals’ achievements are part of recent findings released in Healthgrades’ American Hospital Quality Outcomes 2014, which evaluates hospital performance at more than 4,500 hospitals nationwide for 31 of the most common inpatient procedures and conditions. Kevin Van Renan, Mary Washington Healthcare (MWHC) senior vice president and Mary Washington Hospital administrator, said, “These Healthgrades awards acknowledge the outstanding achievements that Mary
Antiques Considered... A lady in Kilmarnock inherited this pair of oriental tables many years ago. She thinks the wood is teak, and the overall condition is excellent, save for one of the lower stretchers that has been broken and taped together with black electric tape. The stains on the top are from two jardinières Henry Lane that contained plants. They Hull are unmarked as to origin, and are 22 inches high. These tables probably are Japanese, and date from the late nineteenth century. The absence of a maker’s mark indicates that they were made prior to 1891. In addition, having no indication of the country of origin possibly means that they were intended for domestic use. The stains might come out with careful application of a mild cleanser. As to the broken stretcher, I recommend seeking professional assistance in properly repairing it. If it was a clean break, wood glue and a clamp should be able to handle the problem. Oriental furniture is not as popular as it was a generation ago. These are nice tables, and have good, if not exceptional, carving, but are not in what we might term a rare category. Twenty-five years ago our firm conducted a sale in Washington for the estate of a lady who had filled her entire four-story house with orientalia. She had numerous pieces similar to these tables, most of which sold well. As a rule, people use oriental pieces
Washington Hospital, our physicians, nurses, and Associates have made to provide our patients with consistently high levels of clinical care. We are extremely proud to receive these excellent national ratings.” Cathy Yablonski, MWHC senior vice president and Stafford Hospital administrator, said, “Clinical excellence is our goal at Stafford Hospital, and based on this latest Healthgrades report, excellent, 5-star treatment is exactly what we are delivering to our patients. Our clinical staff and physicians have developed care protocols that are saving lives. The welfare of our patients always comes first, and this commitment
shines through in Healthgrades.” The 437-bed Mary Washington Hospital and 100-bed Stafford Hospital are part of the not-for-profit Mary Washington Healthcare system. “As American policy-makers focus more intently on ways to lower healthcare costs and improve quality, patients are being asked to assume more responsibility for their healthcare decisions — from selection of their health plan to the associated network of physicians and hospitals,” said Evan Marks, EVP, Strategy and Informatics, Healthgrades. “Since all hospitals do not perform equally in all procedures, patients can have confidence that by selecting a physician associated with a
hospital with 5-star performance, for a specific procedure or condition, they can potentially improve outcomes and reduce costs.” For its analysis, Healthgrades evaluated approximately 40 million Medicare-patient records for nearly 4,500 short-term acute care hospitals nationwide, assessing hospital performance relative to each of 31 common conditions and procedures. Healthgrades awards hospitals quality achievements for cohortspecific performance, specialty area performance, and overall clinical quality. Individual procedure or condition cohorts are designated as 5 star (statistically better than expected),
3 star (statistically as expected) and 1 star (statistically worse than expected) categories. Detailed performance information, such as cohortspecific outcomes data and quality achievements for individual hospitals may be found at www.healthgrades. com/find-a-hospital. More information on the American Hospital Quality Outcomes 2014: Healthgrades Report to the Nation, including the complete methodology, can be found at www.healthgrades. com/quality. Statistics are based on Healthgrades analysis of MedPAR data for years 2010-2012 and represent 3-year estimates for Medicare patients only.
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