Kettering Medical Center Women’s Care Again Ranks Among Top 5 Percent in Nation

Independent Analysis by HealthGrades
For the second year in a row, an independent study of women’s care at nearly 5,000 hospitals by HealthGrades found Kettering Medical Center to be in the top 5 percent in the nation.

Announced by KMC and HealthGrades on April 21, the HealthGrades Seventh Annual Women’s Health in American Hospitals study analyzed nearly 7 million hospitalization records to identify top-performing hospitals.

“We have been working hard to grow and improve our services here at Kettering Medical Center, and we have accomplished these things through an outstanding team of caregivers and support personnel,” said Miriam Cartmell, administrative director of Women and Children’s Services for KMC. “It is very gratifying that HealthGrades’ study has recognized the work of this team two years running.”

Kettering Medical Center is one of only 166 hospitals in the nation with patient outcomes for women that are in the top 5 percent, according to the study. As a result, Kettering Medical Center received the 2010/2011 HealthGrades Women’s Health Excellence Award.

As a group, hospitals receiving this award had women’s risk-adjusted mortality rates that were 41 percent lower than the poorest performing hospitals in the study and complication rates that were 19 percent lower than the poorest performers. While all hospitals, on average, continued to improve their mortality rates among women, those receiving the award improved at a faster rate than all others over the three years studied, 15 percent compared with 12 percent.

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