Cape Girardeau hospitals receive HealthGrade Awards

Saint Francis Medical Center and Southeast Missouri Hospital received multiple five-star ratings in the 13th annual HealthGrades Hospital Quality in America study, which measured clinical outcomes at nearly 5,000 U.S. hospitals between October 2007 and September 2009.

Saint Francis Medical Center received the following HealthGrades Awards:

* Ranked among the top five in Missouri for cardiac surgery

* Five-star rated for coronary bypass surgery

* Recipient of the HealthGrades Orthopedic Surgery Excellence Award for two consecutive years (2010-2011); one of only two hospitals in Missouri to receive this designation

* Ranked among the top 10 percent in the nation for overall orthopedics for two years in a row (2010-2011)

* Ranked among the top 5 percent in the nation for joint replacement

* Ranked among the top three hospitals in Missouri for overall orthopedics for two years in a row (2010-2011)

* Ranked among the top three hospitals in Missouri for joint replacement

* Five-star rated for overall orthopedics for two years in a row (2010-2011)

* Five-star rated for joint replacement for two years in a row (2010-2011)

* Five-star rated for total hip replacement for three years in a row (2009-2011)

* Five-star rated for total knee replacement for two years in a row (2010-2011)

* Five-star rated for hip fracture repair for two years in a row (2010-2011)

Southeast Missouri Hospital received the following HealthGrades Awards:

* Ranked No. 1 in Missouri for vascular surgery

* Five-star rated for carotid surgery three consecutive years (2009-2011)

* Ranked among the top 10 in Missouri for overall cardiac services (No. 8)

* Ranked among the top 10 in Missouri for cardiology services (No. 6)

* Ranked among the top 5 in Missouri for coronary interventional procedures (No. 2)

* Five-star rated for coronary interventional procedures

* Ranked among the top 10 in Missouri for overall orthopedic services (No. 7)

* Five-star rated for hip fracture repair

* Recipient of the HealthGrades Prostatectomy Excellence Award two consecutive years

* Ranked among the top five in Missouri for prostatectomy two consecutive years (No. 4 in 2011)

* Five-star rated for prostatectomy two consecutive years (2010-2011)

* Ranked among the top 10 in Missouri for stroke treatment three consecutive years (No. 10 in 2011)

* Five-star rated for treatment of stroke three consecutive years (2009-2011)