North Carolina Specialty Hospital Receives 27 CareChex^Ⓡ Hospital Awards

North Carolina Specialty Hospital is proud to have received 27 CareChex® awards for 2024, including new recognition as a #1 Hospital in the Raleigh-Durham market for Medical Excellence and Patient Safety for Overall Hospital Care. The 2024 quality awards from CareChex are based on its comprehensive quality scoring system that objectively compares inpatient quality performance across general, acute, and nonfederal U.S. hospitals.

“We are honored to be recognized locally, regionally, and nationally as a top hospital and healthcare leader in excellent patient care and cutting-edge surgical expertise,” Randi Shults, CEO of North Carolina Specialty Hospital, says. “Our team is committed to providing our patients with outstanding experiences and quality outcomes each and every day, and we are excited to see that our care and commitment have made such an impact.”

The CareChex quality rating system results place North Carolina Specialty Hospital among the best hospitals in the U.S. with its Top 100 national ranking for Spinal Fusion and Spinal Surgery and Top 10% rank in North Carolina and the nation for Joint Replacement, Major Orthopedic Surgery, Overall Hospital Care, Spinal Fusion, and Spinal Surgery. North Carolina Specialty Hospital is renowned in the Triangle region for its surgical specialties in orthopedics; spine surgery; ophthalmology; and ear, nose, and throat; as well as sports medicine; oral surgery; plastic surgery; podiatry; general surgery; pain management; reconstruction surgery; and joint replacement.

North Carolina Specialty Hospital’s 2024 CareChex Medical Excellence & Patient Safety Awards

Top 100 in the nation for:

• Spinal Fusion – Medical Excellence
• Spinal Surgery – Medical Excellence

Top 10% in the nation for:

• Joint Replacement – Medical Excellence and Patient Safety
• Major Orthopedic Surgery – Medical Excellence and Patient Safety
• Spinal Fusion – Medical Excellence
• Spinal Surgery – Medical Excellence

Top 10% in the region for:

• Joint Replacement – Medical Excellence and Patient Safety
• Major Orthopedic Surgery – Medical Excellence and Patient Safety
• Spinal Fusion – Medical Excellence
• Spinal Surgery – Medical Excellence

Top 10% in the state for:

• Overall Hospital Care – Medical Excellence and Patient Safety
• Joint Replacement – Medical Excellence and Patient Safety
• Major Orthopedic Surgery – Medical Excellence and Patient Safety
• Spinal Fusion – Medical Excellence
• Spinal Surgery – Medical Excellence and Patient Safety

#1 in the market for:

• Overall Hospital Care – Medical Excellence and Patient Safety
• Overall Surgical Care – Medical Excellence
• Major Orthopedic Surgery – Patient Safety

About the Quantros CareChex® Awards

To determine CareChex Awards, Quantros utilizes a peer-reviewed risk-adjustment methodology to more reliably measure rates of mortality, complications, and readmissions—appropriately weighting and accounting for all of the risk factors relating to a patient’s principal and secondary diagnosis, as well as other patient characteristics that may increase the probability for adverse clinical outcomes.

Quantros prides itself in providing the most comprehensive and objective calculation of hospital and system quality performance in the industry. Their vast datasets represent high statistical significance and do not include any self-reported or survey data. In turn, this creates clearer performance differentiation across 39 clinical categories of care in Medical Excellence and Patient Safety. For access to provider quality ratings, visit www.carechexawards.com.

About North Carolina Specialty Hospital

Since its start in 1926, North Carolina Specialty Hospital has had a long-standing tradition of providing quality care for our patients, which we believe is reflected in these newest CareChex® awards for 2024.

Our state-of-the-art medical facility in the Raleigh-Durham area specializes in orthopedics; ophthalmology; ear, nose, and throat; sports medicine; oral surgery; plastic surgery; podiatry; general surgery; pain management; and reconstructive surgery. Our facilities and resources are designed to fit the needs of each patient, and we provide individualized attention to every patient we serve.

If surgery is in your future, learn more about NCSH and how we can provide you with the specialized care and advanced resources you want. Then, make an appointment today with one of our surgeons to schedule your upcoming surgery at NCSH.