Rex Hospital The annual checkup We examine data to determine the state’s best hospitals, plus offer second opinions from other popular rankings.
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Our list is based on 12 weighted criteria, such as patient satisfaction, The Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems death rates for heart attack, heart failure and pneumonia, readmission surveys U.S. hospital patients on outcomes, instructions upon rates and complications stemming from surgeries, and independent, being discharged, cleanliness and other factors. These are its top experiential data compiled by Blue Cross and Blue Shield Inc. of North adult, acute-care hospitals in the state with 50 or more beds. The Carolina, The Leapfrog Group and U.S. News & World Report. Tar Heel average is 71%, same as the U.S.
Rank Hospital Location Beds Score Rank Hospital Location % 1 Rex Hospital Raleigh 659 53 1 Duke University Hospital Durham 86 2 Mission Hospital Asheville 730 50 UNC Hospitals Chapel Hill 86 3 Duke University Hospital Durham 957 46 3 Park Ridge Health Hendersonville 85 WakeMed Raleigh Campus Raleigh 678 46 4 Davie Medical Center Mocksville 84 5 FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital Pinehurst 395 45 Rex Hospital Raleigh 84 6 Carolinas Medical Center-Mercy Charlotte 173 44 6 Mission Hospital Asheville 83 Duke Regional Hospital Durham 369 44 7 FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital Pinehurst 82 8 Cone Health* Greensboro, 1,273 43 New Hanover Regional Medical Center Wilmington 82 Reidsville 9 Carolinas Medical Center-Northeast Concord 81 9 Carolinas Medical Center-Northeast Concord 457 42 Novant Health Huntersville Medical Center Huntersville 81 Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte 888 42 Vidant Medical Center Greenville 81 Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center Winston-Salem 921 42 12 Carolinas Medical Center-Mercy Charlotte 80 Frye Regional Medical Center Hickory 355 42 Catawba Valley Medical Center Hickory 80 13 New Hanover Regional Medical Center Wilmington 769 41 Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital Elkin 80 UNC Hospitals Chapel Hill 801 41 Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center Winston-Salem 80 15 High Point Regional Health High Point 381 40 16 Carolinas Medical Center-University Charlotte 79 16 CaroMont Regional Medical Center Gastonia 435 39 17 Duke Raleigh Hospital Raleigh 78 17 Novant Health Matthews Medical Center Matthews 117 38 High Point Regional Health High Point 78 18 Carolinas Medical Center-University Charlotte 94 37 19 Novant Health Brunswick Medical Center Supply 77 Duke Raleigh Hospital Raleigh 186 37 Carolinas Medical Center-Lincoln Lincolnton 77 Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center Winston-Salem 885 37 Cone Health* Greensboro, 77 Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center Charlotte 662 37 Reidsville Vidant Medical Center Greenville 861 37 Carolinas Medical Center-Blue Ridge Morganton 77 23 CarolinaEast Medical Center New Bern 350 36 23 Ashe Memorial Hospital Jefferson 76 Margaret R. Pardee Memorial Hospital Hendersonville 222 36 Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte 76 MedWest-Haywood Hospital Clyde 189 36 Duke Regional Hospital Durham 76 *includes The Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital, Wesley Long Hospital, Women’s Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center Winston-Salem 76 Hospital and Cone Health Behavioral Health Hospital in Greensboro and Annie Penn Vidant Chowan Hospital Edenton 76 Hospital in Reidsville Vidant Edgecombe Hospital Tarboro 76
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, based on 2012 data
MARCH 2014 51 The Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital Duke University Hospital Novant Health Huntersville Medical Center
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of north Carolina Cutting-edge hospitals
These have been recognized by the state’s largest health insurer — based on its experience, data from objective sources and collaboration with doctors and professional organizations — for quality and expertise in certain surgical procedures.
Cape Fear Valley Medical Center, Fayetteville: Duke University Hospital, Durham: Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center, bariatric surgery complex and rare cancers (acute leukemia, bladder, Charlotte: bariatric surgery, spine surgery bone, brain, esophageal, liver, pancreatic, rectal, soft-tis- CarolinaEast Medical Center, New Bern: sue sarcomas, thyroid), knee and hip replacement, lung Novant Health Rowan Medical Center, cardiac care and bone-marrow and stem-cell transplants, pancreas, Salisbury: knee and hip replacement kidney and adult heart transplants, spine surgery Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte: Rex Hospital, Raleigh: bariatric surgery adult heart and liver transplants, cardiac care, com- FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, plex and rare cancers (acute leukemia, bladder, bone, Pinehurst: cardiac care UNC Hospitals, Chapel Hill: brain, esophageal, gastric, head and neck, liver, bariatric surgery, bone-marrow and stem-cell trans- pancreatic, rectal, soft-tissue sarcomas, thyroid) Frye Regional Medical Center, Hickory: plants, cardiac care, complex and rare cancers (acute bariatric surgery leukemia, bladder, bone, brain, esophageal, gastric, Carolinas Medical Center-Mercy, Charlotte: head and neck, liver, ocular melanoma, pancreatic, bariatric surgery High Point Regional Health, High Point: rectal, thyroid), heart, liver and lung transplants, cardiac care spine surgery Carolinas Medical Center-Northeast, Concord: bariatric surgery, cardiac care Mission Hospital, Asheville: bariatric surgery Vidant Medical Center, Greenville: bariatric surgery CaroMont Regional Medical Center, Gastonia: Nash General Hospital, Rocky Mount: cardiac care bariatric surgery, knee and hip replacement Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem: bariatric surgery, complex and Cone Health*, Greensboro and Reidsville: New Hanover Regional Medical Center, rare cancers (acute leukemia, bladder, bone, brain, cardiac care, knee and hip replacement, spine Wilmington: bariatric surgery, knee and esophageal, gastric, head and neck, liver, pancreatic, surgery hip replacement rectal, soft-tissue sarcomas, thyroid)
Duke Regional Hospital, Durham: bariatric Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center, WakeMed Raleigh Campus, Raleigh: surgery, knee and hip replacement, spine surgery Winston-Salem: spine surgery cardiac care
*includes The Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital, Wesley Long Hospital, Women’s Hospital and Cone Health Behavioral Health Hospital in Greensboro and Annie Penn Hospital in Reidsville
The state hospital industry 8.3% $3,510 0.9% Increase in per capita Average daily cost per patient in 2010, The average operating costs from 2006 to 2010 a 21.6% increase over 2006. Net patient margin in 2010, down ($1,728 to $1,872) revenue increased 18.6% to $3,570 from 3.4% in 2006
Source: North Carolina Hospital Association
52 Business north Carolina WakeMed Raleigh Campus FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital Cape Fear Valley Medical Center
U.S. News & World Report Tar Heel hospitals the publication commends as high-performing in an adult specialty. Cape Fear Valley Medical Center, Fayetteville Mission Hospital, Asheville Pulmonology Diabetes and endocrinology Gastroenterology Ranking N.C. Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte Neurology and neurosurgery Pulmonology Cardiology and heart surgery Cancer Urology Four hospitals are among the magazine’s Gastroenterology Gynecology New Hanover Regional Medical Center, Wilmington best in the nation in at least one specialty. Nephrology Orthopedics Cardiology and heart surgery Gastroenterology Pulmonology Urology Orthopedics Pulmonology Duke University Medical Center, Durham Carolinas Medical Center-Mercy, Charlotte Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center, Winston-Salem Pulmonology 4 Gastroenterology Geriatrics Diabetes and endocrinology Gastroenterology Cardiology and heart surgery 6 Neurology and neurosurgery Orthopedics Geriatrics Gynecology Pulmonology Nephrology Orthopedics Ophthalmology 8 Pulmonology Urology 8 Carolinas Medical Center-Northeast, Concord Nephrology 11 Diabetes and endocrinology Gastroenterology Novant Health Matthews Medical Center, Matthews Neurology and neurosurgery Pulmonology Gastroenterology Geriatrics Orthopedics 12 Urology Nephrology Pulmonology Rheumatology 12 Gynecology 13 Carolinas Medical Center-University, Charlotte Novant Health Presbyterian Hospital, Charlotte Geriatrics 14 Urology Diabetes and endocrinology Cancer Gastroenterology Geriatrics Cancer 18 CaroMont Regional Medical Center, Gastonia Gynecology Nephrology Diabetes and endocrinology 23 Geriatrics Nephrology Pulmonology Neurology and neurosurgery Orthopedics Neurology and neurosurgery 25 Pulmonology Gastroenterology 43 Cone Health*, Greensboro and Reidsville Diabetes and endocrinology Gastroenterology Rex Hospital, Raleigh UNC Hospitals, Chapel Hill Geriatrics Gynecology Cardiology and heart surgery Geriatrics Ear, nose and throat 22 Neurology and neurosurgery Nephrology Diabetes and endocrinology Gastroenterology Nephrology Orthopedics Cancer 43 Orthopedics Pulmonology Neurology and neurosurgery Pulmonology Gynecology 44 Urology Duke Raleigh Hospital, Raleigh Southeastern Regional Medical Center, Lumberton Wake Forest Baptist, Winston-Salem Geriatrics Nephrology Geriatrics Nephrology Nephrology 9 Neurology and neurosurgery Orthopedics Neurology and neurosurgery Pulmonology 12 Cancer Duke Regional Hospital, Durham UNC Hospitals, Chapel Hill Pulmonology 16 Cancer Ear, nose, throat Cardiology and heart surgery Pulmonology Ear, nose and throat 20 Gastroenterology Geriatrics Gastroenterology Geriatrics Neurology and neurosurgery Nephrology Diabetes and endocrinology 24 Neurology and neurosurgery Nephrology Orthopedics Pulmonology Diabetes and endocrinology Urology Gastroenterology 25 Urology Vidant Medical Center, Greenville Gynecology 27 Duke University Hospital, Durham Gynecology Nephrology Neurology and neurosurgery 30 Ear, nose and throat Psychiatry Pulmonology Urology Urology 35 FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, Pinehurst Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem Geriatrics 39 Diabetes and endocrinology Gastroenterology Cardiology and heart surgery Ear, nose and throat 46 Cardiology and heart surgery Geriatrics Nephrology Diabetes and endocrinology Orthopedics Orthopedics 48 Neurology and neurosurgery Pulmonology Gynecology Duke Regional Hospital, Durham Urology WakeMed Raleigh Campus, Raleigh Diabetes and endocrinology 34 High Point Regional Health, High Point Cardiology and heart surgery Urology Diabetes and endocrinology Geriatrics Diabetes and endocrinology Pulmonology Nephrology Pulmonology Gastroenterology Geriatrics Urology Nephrology Orthopedics Sources: U.S. News & World Report, adult hospitals, based on Research Triangle Institute Health Solutions, Medicare and American Hospital Association data and specialty-physician surveys
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