MedStar Harbor Hospital News

MedStar Harbor Hospital Receives High Performance Ratings by U.S. News and World Report
07/18/2012

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

MEDIA CONTACT:
Megan Loewe
o: 410-350-2138
megan.r.loewe@medstar.net

BALTIMORE—U.S. News & World Report released its 23rd annual Best Hospitals rankings. This year’s list showcases more than 720 of the nation’s roughly 5,000 hospitals. Fewer than 150 are nationally ranked in at least one of 16 medical specialties. The rest of the recognized hospitals met a standard of performance nearly as demanding in one or more specialties.

MedStar Harbor Hospital has been named a top hospital in Maryland and in the Baltimore metro area, receiving high performance ratings in the specialty areas of oncology, diabetes and endocrinology, gastroenterology, geriatrics, nephrology, neurology and neurosurgery, orthopedics, pulmonology, and urology.

MedStar Harbor shares the top list with several MedStar Health sister hospitals. A total of seven MedStar facilities were ranked as top regional hospitals, including MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center, MedStar Good Samaritan Hospital and MedStar Union Memorial Hospital in the Baltimore region; and MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, MedStar National Rehab Network and MedStar Washington Hospital Center in the Washington, D.C., region.

Visit health.usnews.com/best-hospitals to view the complete list of rankings and methodology.

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For more than a century, MedStar Harbor Hospital has grown alongside the communities it serves in Baltimore City, and Anne Arundel, Baltimore and Howard counties. The hospital was first established in 1903 as a small community clinic servicing the waterfront community in Baltimore. More than 100 years later, the 179-bed hospital continues to offer the personal touch of a community hospital while incorporating the excellence of a high technology medical center. It has been the recipient of the Delmarva Foundation’s highest honor, the Excellence Award for Quality for Hospitals, in 2001, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011 and 2012.

With more than 500 physicians representing 30 medical and surgical specialties, and more than 1,500 employees, the hospital offers a full range of health care services for patients from infancy through the senior years. MedStar Harbor’s specialty areas include orthopedics, women’s services, cancer care, diabetes care, fetal assessment, cardio-pulmonary rehabilitation, and treatment of chronic lung conditions. The hospital’s continuum of care also includes wellness programs, outpatient services and inpatient treatment.

MedStar Harbor is part of MedStar Health, a not-for-profit, regional healthcare system with nine hospitals and more than 20 other health-related services in the Maryland and Washington, D.C., region. MedStar Health's patient-first philosophy emphasizes service, quality and safety, combining compassionate care and clinical excellence. More than a half-million patients trust their care to MedStar Health each year. medstarhealth.org

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