North Carolina’s Best Hospitals : 2007
Ratings on this page list in alphabetical order the state’s top hospitals last year in selected specialties. Health Grades Inc. compiled the lists for Business North Carolina using Medicare data risk-adjusted for hospitals that receive sicker patients. It reports on about 5,000 hospitals in 32 procedures and diagnoses. Limited reports are free on the Internet. Detailed reports are available for a fee.
- Clinical excellence
- Cape Fear Valley Medical Center, Fayetteville
- Mission Hospitals, Asheville
- Rex Hospital, Raleigh
Ranked among the top 5% of hospitals in the nation for lowest in-hospital mortality rates for coronary-bypass surgery and stroke and for in-hospital mortality and complications for at least 21 of 32 procedures rated by Health Grades.
- General Surgery
- Albemarle Hospital, Elizabeth City
- Carteret General Hospital, Morehead City
- Duke Health Raleigh Hospital, Raleigh
- FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, Pinehurst
- Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital, Elkin
- Kings Mountain Hospital, Kings Mountain
- Lenoir Memorial Hospital, Kinston
- Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital, Greensboro
- Nash General Hospital, Rocky Mount
- Presbyterian Hospital Matthews, Matthews
Based on appendectomy, bowel-obstruction and cholecystectomy surgery and other factors.
- Critical Care
- Duke Health Raleigh Hospital, Raleigh
- Duke University Hospital, Durham
- Durham Regional Hospital, Durham
- Frye Regional Medical Center, Hickory
- Gaston Memorial Hospital, Gastonia
- UNC Hospitals, Chapel Hill
- NorthEast Medical Center, Concord
- Rex Hospital, Raleigh
- WakeMed, Raleigh
- WakeMed Cary Hospital, Cary
Based on care for diabetes, sepsis (blood poisoning), pulmonary embolism and respiratory failure, plus intensive-care-unit staffing, mortality at one and six months and other factors.
- Orthopedics
- Alamance Regional Medical Center, Burlington
- Cape Fear Valley Medical Center, Fayetteville
- Davis Regional Medical Center, Statesville
- FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, Pinehurst
- Forsyth Medical Center, Winston-Salem
- Mission Hospitals, Asheville
- Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital, Greensboro
- Nash General Hospital, Rocky Mount
- New Hanover Regional Medical Center, Wilmington
- Presbyterian Orthopaedic Hospital, Charlotte
Based on complications, mortality in hospital and at one and six months after release for six orthopedic procedures such as back surgery and hip replacement.
- Heart
- Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte
- Durham Regional Hospital, Durham
- FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, Pinehurst
- Frye Regional Medical Center, Hickory
- High Point Regional Hospital, High Point
- Mission Hospitals, Asheville
- Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital, Greensboro
- NorthEast Medical Center, Concord
- Rex Hospital, Raleigh
- WakeMed, Raleigh
Based on complications, mortality in hospital and at one and six months after release for six coronary procedures that include bypass surgery and angioplasty.
- Stroke
- Anson Community Hospital, Wadesboro
- Cape Fear Valley Medical Center, Fayetteville
- Duke Health Raleigh Hospital, Raleigh
- Duke University Hospital, Durham
- Iredell Memorial Hospital, Statesville
- Margaret R. Pardee Memorial Hospital, Hendersonville
- Nash General Hospital, Rocky Mount
- Northern Hospital of Surry County, Mount Airy
- Rex Hospital, Raleigh
- Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem
Based on stroke outcomes only, considering mortality in hospital and at one- and six- month intervals.
- Vascular
- Cape Fear Valley Medical Center, Fayetteville
- Craven Regional Medical Center, New Bern
- FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, Pinehurst
- Forsyth Medical Center, Winston-Salem
- Frye Regional Medical Center, Hickory
- High Point Regional Hospital, High Point
- Mission Hospitals, Asheville
- Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital, Greensboro
- NorthEast Medical Center, Concord
- Rex Hospital, Raleigh
Based on complications, mortality in hospital and at one and six months after release for procedures that treat major arteries outside the heart, including aorta repair.
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