| | HealthGrades® gives Gundersen Lutheran top grades
Gundersen Lutheran is among the nation’s top five percent of hospitals, according to an independent study of mortality and complication rates conducted by HealthGrades®, one of the leading healthcare rating organizations in the country.
 HealthGrades has awarded Gundersen Lutheran the HealthGrades 2008 Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence based on its clinical quality performance. Gundersen Lutheran also received several 2008 Health Excellence Awards™ and Five Star ratings (see list below).
HealthGrades provides independent ratings, cost information and profiles of thousands of hospitals, nursing homes and physicians nationwide. These rankings are great news for Gundersen Lutheran. They provide unbiased evidence that we are living our mission to distinguish ourselves through excellence in patient care, education, research and improved health in the communities we serve.
Gundersen Lutheran received high marks in many areas including:
Gundersen Lutheran Hospital
- HealthGrades Distinguished Hospital Award - Clinical Excellence
Gundersen Lutheran Heart Institute
- Top 10 in Wisconsin for Overall Cardiac Services and Cardiology Services (5 years)
- Five-Star Rated for Treatment of Heart Attack and Heart Failure (3 years)
- Highest Possible Star Ratings for Treatment of Heart Attack (3 years)
Orthopaedics/Orthopaedic Surgery
- HealthGrades Joint Replacement Excellence Award™ (2 years)
- Top 10 percent in the nation for Joint Replacement (2 years)
- Top 5 in Wisconsin for Overall Orthopedic Services (5 years)
- Top 10 in Wisconsin for Joint Replacement (2 years)
- Five-Star Rated for Joint Replacement (5 years), Total Knee Replacement (5 years), Total Hip Replacement (2 years) and Hip Fracture Repair (4 years)
Vascular Surgery
- Top 10 in Wisconsin for Vascular Surgery (5 years)
- Five-Star Rated for Repair of Abdominal Aorta
Gastroenterology/GI Surgery
- HealthGrades Gastrointestinal Care Excellence Award™
- HealthGrades Gastrointestinal Surgery Excellence Award™
- Top 5 percent in the nation for Overall GI Services
- Top 10 percent in the nation for GI Surgery
- Top 5 in Wisconsin for GI Services and GI Surgery
- Top 10 in Wisconsin for GI Medical Treatment
- Five-Star Rated for GI Surgery, GI Procedures and Surgeries, Treatment of Bowel Obstruction (4 years) and Treatment of Pancreatitis
- Highest Possible Star Ratings for GI Procedures and Surgeries
Critical Care
- HealthGrades Critical Care Excellence Award™
- Top 5 percent in the nation for Overall Critical Care
- Number 1 in Wisconsin for Overall Critical Care
- Top 5 in Wisconsin for Overall Critical Care (2 years)
- Five-Star Rated for Overall Critical Care
- Five-Star Rated and Highest Possible Star Ratings for Treatment of Sepsis (2 years), Treatment of Respiratory Failure, Treatment of Diabetic Acidosis and Coma
General Surgery
- Recipient of the HealthGrades General Surgery Excellence Award™
- Top 10 percent in the nation for General Surgery
- Top 5 in Wisconsin for General Surgery
- Five-Star Rated for General Surgery, Appendectomy, Treatment of Bowel Obstruction
Bariatric Surgery
- Number 1 in Wisconsin (2 years)
- Five-Star Rated (2 years)
- Top 10 percent in the nation (2 years)
- Bariatric Surgery Excellence Award (2 years)
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