St. Joseph Medical Center

Patients that would definitely recommend
2% lower 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

General Surgery Excellence Award™ (2018)

Superior clinical outcomes in bowel obstruction treatment, colorectal surgeries, gallbladder removal, esophageal/stomach surgeries, and small intestine surgeries

Safety Ratings

How well a hospital safeguards patients from potential complications

An event relating to foreign objects left in body during a surgery or procedure

3 ratings were worse than expected

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

1 rating was better than expected

9 ratings were as expected

Death in procedures where mortality is usually very low
Pressure sores or bed sores acquired in the hospital
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
Deep blood clots in the lungs or legs following surgery
Breakdown of abdominal incision site

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Hospital Quality

Clinical Ratings

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Appendectomy

Cardiac

Complication Based Ratings

Procedure/Condition

In Hospital

Defibrillator Procedures

Worse than 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)

Worse than Expected

Heart Attack

As Expected

Heart Failure

Worse than Expected

As 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

Specialty Excellence Awards

General Surgery Excellence Award™

2018

Gynecologic Surgeries

Labor and Delivery

Neurosciences

Orthopedic

Prostate Surgery

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
4% lower than the national average

Would definitely recommend
2% lower than the national average

Location

St. Joseph Medical Center

1717 S J St, Tacoma, WA 98405

Call

Directions (253) 579-1389