Borgess Medical Center

Patients that would definitely recommend
4% higher than the national average

Awards

Healthgrades awards tell you which hospitals deliver superior quality care. Healthgrades evaluates hospital performance using objective quality measures including clinical outcomes and patient safety, as well as patient experience.

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Specialty Clinical Quality Awards

Joint Replacement Excellence Award™ (2019)

Superior clinical outcomes in knee and hip replacement

Pulmonary Care Excellence Award™ (2019, 2018, 2017)

Superior clinical outcomes in treating chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and pneumonia

Stroke Care Excellence Award™ (2019, 2018)

Superior clinical outcomes in the care and treatment of stroke

America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Joint Replacement Award™ (2018, 2017)

Superior clinical outcomes in knee and hip replacement

Neurosciences Excellence Award™ (2018, 2017)

Superior clinical outcomes in stroke care and neurosurgery

America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Stroke Care Award™ (2017)

Superior clinical outcomes in the care and treatment of stroke

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Safety Ratings

How well a hospital safeguards patients from potential complications

No events relating to foreign objects left in body during a surgery or procedure

2 ratings were worse than expected

Collapsed lung due to a procedure or surgery in or around the chest
Accidental cut, puncture, perforation or hemorrhage during medical care

2 ratings were better than expected

9 ratings were as expected

Death in procedures where mortality is usually very low
Death following a serious complication after surgery
Catheter-related bloodstream infections acquired at the hospital
Hip fracture following surgery
Excessive bruising or bleeding as a consequence of a procedure or surgery
Acute kidney dysfunction following surgery
Respiratory failure following surgery
Bloodstream infection following surgery
Breakdown of abdominal incision site

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Hospital Quality

Clinical Ratings

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Cardiac

Complication Based Ratings

Procedure/Condition

In Hospital

Defibrillator Procedures

As Expected

Pacemaker Procedures

As Expected

Mortality Based Ratings

Procedure/Condition

Mortality In-Hospital Mortality within 30 days

Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) Surgery

As Expected

Coronary Interventional Procedures (Inpatient)

As Expected

Heart Attack

Better than Expected

As Expected

Heart Failure

Better than Expected

Valve Surgery

As Expected

Critical Care

Gastrointestinal

Complication Based Ratings

Procedure/Condition

In Hospital

Gallbladder Removal Surgery

As Expected

Mortality Based Ratings

Procedure/Condition

Mortality In-Hospital Mortality within 30 days

Bowel Obstruction

As Expected

Colorectal Surgeries

As Expected

Esophageal/Stomach Surgeries

As Expected

Gastrointestinal Bleed

As Expected

Pancreatitis

As Expected

Small Intestine Surgeries

As Expected

Worse than Expected

Neurosciences

Orthopedic

Pulmonary

Spine Surgery

Vascular

Data Source

Patient Experience

Patient experience measures tell you how patients felt about the care they received at the hospital. These measures are based on the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) survey data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

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Patients who gave a rating of 9 or 10
3% higher than the national average

Would definitely recommend
4% higher than the national average

Location

Borgess Medical Center

1521 Gull Rd, Kalamazoo, MI 49048

Call

Directions (269) 226-7000