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NEWS & FEATURES
NINE FLORIDA HOSPITAL PROGRAMS
RECOGNIZED BY U.S. NEWS &
WORLD REPORT
 Orlando,
FL - July 12, 2002 - Florida
Hospital is honored to be
the only Central Florida hospital
named in nine of 2002 US News
& World Report's America's
Best Hospitals lists for the
following categories (the
50 highest-scoring hospitals
were listed in each specialty):
- Heart & Heart
Surgery (Cardiology)
- number 12
- Orthopedics - number
35
- Neurology & Neurosurgery
- number 15
- Gynecology (which
includes reproductive
cancers) - number 37
- Urology (which
includes treatment of
prostate cancer) - number
22
- Ear, Nose & Throat
(which includes diagnoses
and treatment of head
and neck disorders including
cancer) - number 44
- Kidney Disease
- number 30
- Digestive Disorders
(which includes the diagnoses
and treatment of ulcers,
colitis and colon cancer)
- number 25
- Hormonal Disorders
(Diabetes and Thyroid
Conditions) - number 19
The July 22nd issue will be
on newsstands July 15, 2002.
"Florida Hospital is
extremely proud to be nationally
recognized for its continued
dedication to excellence and
commitment to our community,"
said Don Jernigan, President
of Florida Hospital. "It's
wonderful that Central Floridians
have access to this type of
world-class care right here
in their back yard."
The 13th annual edition of
US News & World Report's
America's Best Hospitals is
a resource for consumers who
are seeking maximum care in
the diagnosis, treatment and
management of a difficult
medical problem. This year,
the publication analyzed 6,045
hospitals to arrive at 205
stellar centers in 17 specialties.
According to US News &
World Report, "These
hospitals excel partly because
their doctors perform large
numbers of tricky and risky
procedures. Study upon study
has shown the critical role
of volume."
According to the publication,
"Ranked hospitals tend
to adhere more closely to
advanced treatment guidelines,
to incorporate new findings
into patient care, and to
conduct research that gives
desperately ill patients more
options."
In 13 of the 17 specialties,
a hospital first must meet
one of three standards to
be considered: membership
in the Council of Teaching
Hospitals (COTH), be affiliated
with a medical school or have
at least nine technology services
out of a prescribed list of
17. In each specialty, a hospital
must perform a given number
of procedures or had to be
cited by at least one physician
in the past three years of
US News surveys. These hospitals
received a score that equally
weighs reputation, mortality,
and a group of care-related
factors such as nursing.
For a complete list of the
rankings, go to www.usnews.com
or call Florida Hospital Media
Relations at 407/303-1917
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