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(WEST CHESTER, PA) — Chester County Hospital has earned distinction among Healthgrades' list of National Leaders in Obstetrics & Gynecology, receiving the 2022 Healthgrades Labor and Delivery Excellence Award™ and the Overall Obstetrics and Gynecology Excellence Award™. Chester County Hospital is one of 145 hospitals nationwide to be named to the list and one of three in Pennsylvania.
Healthgrades is an online resource that helps connect patients with a healthcare provider or hospital. Chester County Hospital, which was named to Healthgrades' 50 Best Hospitals list in 2021 and 2020, received multiple honors in 2022 for patient safety, patient experience, cardiac care, gastrointestinal surgery and care, stroke care, coronary intervention, pulmonary care, and critical care.
The Obstetrics and Gynecology Excellence Awards helps healthcare consumers identify hospitals around the nation that provide superior care for patients during labor and delivery and gynecologic procedures, resulting in lower-than-expected complication rates. This specific award recognizes the top 10% of hospitals in the country for clinical excellence.
"Being recognized as one of the national leaders in obstetrics & gynecology is an honor shared by all at Chester County Hospital," said Mike Duncan, president and CEO of Chester County Hospital. "We pride ourselves on delivering consistently better outcomes for patients during and after childbirth and across many gynecological procedures."
In addition to the Healthgrades awards, Chester County Hospital was recently ranked #10 in the Philadelphia region and #17 in the state by U.S. News & World Report. The hospital was rated as high performing in the adult pulmonology and lung surgery specialty and was rated high performing for 11 procedures. Additional Penn Medicine hospitals honored in the latest rankings are:
- The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and Penn Presbyterian Medical Center ranks #13 in the nation for the second year in a row, appeared on the magazine’s prestigious annual Honor Roll for the 16th consecutive year, ranks #1 in Pennsylvania, and #1 in the Philadelphia metro area
- Lancaster General Hospital ranks #4 in Pennsylvania and is nationally ranked in Diabetes & Endocrinology and Orthopedics, and rated as High Performing in 5 adult medical specialties and 15 common adult procedures and conditions
- Pennsylvania Hospital ranks #12 in Pennsylvania
- Princeton Health ranks #6 in New Jersey
For more information about methodology used to determine Healthgrades' Obstetrics and Gynecology Excellence Award™, visit Healthgrades Obstetrics and Gynecology Awards 2022 Methodology.
To see Chester County Hospital’s full award status, visit Best Hospitals for Ob-Gyn Care in Pennsylvania | Healthgrades Awards.
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About Chester County Hospital
Founded in 1892 as the county's first hospital, the non-profit has grown into a 329-bed acute-care inpatient facility in West Chester, PA. Chester County Hospital has outpatient services in Exton, West Goshen, New Garden, West Grove, Jennersville, and Kennett Square, PA. In 2013, Chester County Hospital became part of Penn Medicine, which is one of the world's leading academic medical centers, dedicated to medical education, biomedical research, and excellent patient care. In addition to quality-driven medical and surgical services, Chester County Hospital also offers home health, hospice, and skilled nursing care; occupational medicine; outpatient laboratory, radiology, and physical therapy services; wound care; cardiopulmonary rehab; and a prenatal clinic for the underserved. In 2020, Chester County Hospital completed the largest expansion in its history. The project welcomed a state-of-the-art procedural platform with 15 operating room suites, a 99-bed patient tower, a new main entrance, and an expanded and renovated Emergency Department. Learn More About Chester County Hospital! >>