FOUNTAIN
VALLEY, Calif., July 24,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- MemorialCare's Saddleback
Medical Center, Orange Coast Medical Center and Long Beach Medical
Center were each named a Blue Distinction Center by the Blue Cross
Blue Shield for Spine Surgery and Knee and Hip Replacement.
Hospitals that are named Blue Distinction Centers demonstrate
quality care, treatment expertise, and better overall patient
results.
"It is an honor to receive these distinctions from Blue Cross
Blue Shield for MemorialCare Orthopedic & Spine Institute,"
says David Kim, M.D., executive vice
president, MemorialCare Clinical Institutes, MemorialCare.
"Our leading orthopedic and spine physicians and our care
teams ensure that the highest quality outcomes are achieved,
resulting in industry leading quality metrics, all the while
keeping the patient at the center of what we do."
Blue Distinction Centers for Knee and Hip Replacement have
demonstrated expertise in total knee and total hip replacement
surgeries. These Centers have lower complication rates and fewer
hospital readmissions, underscoring their commitment to
high-quality care.
Blue Distinction Centers for Spine Surgery provide comprehensive
inpatient spine surgery services, including discectomy, fusion, and
decompression procedures. These centers have lower readmission
rates and fewer reoperations.
Long Beach Medical Center also received the Blue Distinction
Center Plus designation for both knee and hip replacement and spine
surgery, and Saddleback Medical Center and Orange Coast Medical
Center received the Blue Distinction Center Plus designation for
knee and hip replacement. Healthcare facilities with this
distinction are recognized for their efficiency in delivering
specialty care.
"We are always looking at how to invest in the right people and
infrastructure that will create leading programs, delivering the
highest value through focusing on the right care, at the right
place, at the right time," says Kim.
MemorialCare Long Beach Medical Center, Orange Coast Medical
Center, and Saddleback Medical Center have all been recognized as
Best U.S. Hospitals by U.S. News and World Report. In
addition to these accolades, all offer Mako™ Robotic-Arm
Assisted Surgery, a groundbreaking technology that allows
orthopedic surgeons to perform total knee replacements, partial
knee replacements, and hip replacements with exceptional precision
and accuracy.
About MemorialCare
MemorialCare is a
not-for-profit, integrated healthcare delivery system with 225 care
locations, including leading hospitals—Saddleback
Medical Center in Laguna Hills, Orange Coast
Medical Center in Fountain Valley,
Long Beach Medical Center, and Miller Children's & Women's
Hospital Long Beach; MemorialCare Medical Group and
Greater Newport Physicians; MemorialCare Research
Program; MemorialCare Select Health Plan; and numerous
outpatient health, imaging, surgery, urgent care, physical therapy,
breast health and dialysis centers throughout Orange and Los
Angeles counties. Accolades include Nation's Best Health
Systems and Workplaces, Top 50 U.S. Hospitals and
Cardiovascular Hospitals, 10 Largest Children's Hospitals, 100 Best
Hospitals - Spine and Prostate Surgeries, Best of Orange County and Long Beach Hospitals and
Medical Groups, U.S. News & World Report
Best Hospitals and "high performing" in 31 clinical
categories, and Newsweek World's Best
Hospitals, Top 100 Hospitals, Best Maternity Hospitals – and more.
Visit memorialcare.org.
About Blue Cross Blue Shield
Blue Cross Blue Shield
takes corporate responsibility seriously, building and supporting
programs that positively impact healthcare in communities across
America. Blue Cross Blue Shield's Blue Distinction Specialty Care
is a national designation program, awarded by local Blue Cross
and/or Blue Shield (BCBS) companies, recognizing healthcare
providers that demonstrate expertise in delivering quality and
affordable health care to meet consumers' specialty care
needs—safely, effectively and cost-efficiently. The goal of the
program is to help consumers find both quality and value for their
specialty care needs, while encouraging healthcare professionals to
improve the overall quality and delivery of care nationwide,
providing a credible foundation for local Blue Cross and/or Blue
Shield Plans to design benefits tailored to meet employers' own
quality and cost objectives.
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