Sacred Heart Hospital on the Gulf in Port St. Joe was recently awarded 5 stars through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Overall Hospital Quality Star Ratings

Sacred Heart Hospital on the Gulf in Port St. Joe was recently awarded 5 stars through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Overall Hospital Quality Star Ratings.

Hospitals received ratings from one to five stars – with five stars being the highest score – based on how well they perform on a range of inpatient and outpatient quality measures.

Sacred Heart Hospital on the Gulf was the only hospital in the region to receive the five-star rating.

The newly updated Star Ratings methodology looks at 59 quality measures including death rates, safety, re-admissions, infection rates, patient experience ratings, and timeliness of care, among others.

Less than 8 percent of the over 4,500 hospitals surveyed received a 5 star rating.

Only nine hospitals in Florida received a five-star ratings. 

The ratings are designed to make it easier for people to compare hospital quality. 

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