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Frequently Asked Questions about HealthGrades

 

HealthGrades

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Excellence Award
Cardiac Services
Surgery Services
2007 Quality Study
 

What is HealthGrades?
HealthGrades® (Nasdaq:HGRD) is the leading independent healthcare ratings company, providing ratings and profiles of hospitals, nursing homes and physicians.

Consumers and many of the nation’s largest employers, health plans and hospitals rely on HealthGrades’ independent ratings to make healthcare decisions based on the quality of care.

The 2007 HealthGrades ratings for all hospitals nationwide are available, free of charge, on the organization’s award-winning consumer Web site. Each month, more than 2.5 million consumers visit HealthGrades.com to research the quality of healthcare providers.

More Frequently Asked Questions about HealthGrades
  How does HealthGrades rate hospitals?
  What other awards are available for hospitals from HealthGrades?
  Which health care providers does HealthGrades rate?
  Where does HealthGrades get its information?
  How often is HealthGrades’ information updated?
  Who sees and uses this ratings information?
  What services does HealthGrades offer consumers?
  What services does HealthGrades offer corporations and health plans?
  What services does HealthGrades offer hospitals?
  Where has HealthGrades been acknowledged?


For more information about Providence Alaska Medical Center's Cardiac Surgery Excellence Award or HealthGrades, please contact Leah Davenport, Senior Account Executive, at (907) 261-6081.