Providence Everett Medical Center
Among Top Five Percent in Nation for the Second Year in a Row.

For the second year in a row (2007, 2008), Providence Everett Medical Center has received HealthGrades' Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence™, placing Providence Everett Medical Center in the top five percent of all hospitals in the nation for overall clinical performance.

Providence Everett Medical Center is the only hospital in Washington to be named a HealthGrades Distinguished Hospital for Clinical Excellence each of the past two years.

Studies have shown that patients treated at Distinguished Hospitals like Providence Everett Medical Center have a 27 percent greater chance of survival.
 
Providence Everett Medical Center also received the following additional recognitions from HealthGrades in 2008:

Cardiac Care
Providence Everett Medical Center is the overall Washington state winner in cardiac care.

• Ranked #1 in Washington for Overall Cardiac Services
• Ranked #1 in Washington for Coronary Interventional Procedures 
• Ranked Among the Top 10% in the Nation for Cardiology
• Received the Highest Possible Ratings for the Treatment of Heart Failure 

Stroke
Top 5% in the nation for stroke treatment three years in a row

• Recipient of the HealthGrades 2008 Stroke Care Excellence Award™for three Consecutive Years (2006, 2007, and 2008)
• Ranked Among the Top 5% in the Nation for Stroke Treatment Three Consecutive Years (2006, 2007, and 2008)
• Ranked #1 in Washington for Stroke Treatment
• Received the Highest Possible Ratings for the Treatment of Stroke Three Consecutive Years (2006, 2007, and 2008)
  

Critical Care
Top 5% in the nation for critical care three years in a row

• Recipient of the HealthGrades 2008 Critical Care Excellence Award™ for three Consecutive Years (2006, 2007 and 2008)
• Ranked Among the Top 5% in the Nation for Critical Care for three Consecutive Years (2006, 2007 and 2008)
• Ranked #1 in Washington for Critical Care