Patient Care at Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles Rates Highly According to Recent HealthGrad..

Good Samaritan Hospital identified as top performer in several clinical areas including joint replacement, stroke, and pulmonary care according to The Eleventh Annual HealthGrades Hospital Quality in America Study. The recent same study also finds a large gap in quality between the best and poorest-performing hospitals. The Eleventh Annual HealthGrades Hospital Quality in America Study identifies key trends in the quality of care provided by approximately 5,000 hospitals nationwide. HealthGrades researchers analyzed over 41 million Medicare discharges from every U.S. hospitals from 2005 through 2007. Risk-adjusted mortality and complication rates were calculated and hospitals were assigned a 1-star (poor), 3-star... [read full story]