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St. Mary’s Medical Center Recognized with 10 Clinical Achievements from Healthgrades

Blue Springs, MO – October 22, 2024 – St. Mary’s Medical Center, a member of Prime Healthcare,  announced today that it has achieved numerous accolades for clinical excellence from Healthgrades, the #1 site Americans use when searching for a doctor or hospital. Among St. Mary’s Medical Center’s distinctions are 2 Specialty Excellence Awards, placing the hospital among the nation’s top 10% for Pulmonary Care and Patient Safety. St. Mary’s Medical Center was also rated five stars for 4 services, including Pacemaker Procedures, Treatment of Pneumonia, Gallbladder Removal, and Diabetic Emergencies in Critical Care.

In addition to these national recognitions, St. Mary’s Medical Center was ranked #3 in Missouri for Pulmonary Care. These achievements place St. Mary’s Medical Center among the best hospitals for specialty care nationwide and reflect the organization’s commitment to delivering exceptional care year after year.

I’m very proud of our staff and providers for the exceptional care that they deliver to our patients. We are focused on providing the very best health care and patient experience to our community without having to leave eastern Jackson County.

St. Mary’s Medical Center’s achievements are based solely on what matters most: patient outcomes. As part of its 2025 hospital assessment, Healthgrades evaluated risk-adjusted mortality and complication rates for over 30 of the most common conditions and procedures at approximately 4,500 hospitals nationwide to determine the top performers in specialty care. By offering easy access to objective performance measures, Healthgrades helps consumers find and select a hospital that excels in providing the care they need.

As variation in performance among hospitals continues to grow, it is increasingly important for consumers to seek care at top-rated programs. Healthgrades’ 2025 analysis revealed that if all hospitals as a group performed similarly to five-star hospitals during the 2021-2023 study period, on average, 224,958 lives could potentially have been saved and 141,692 complications could potentially have been avoided.

“Healthgrades commends St. Mary’s Medical Center for their clear commitment to delivering consistently superior patient outcomes in critical service areas, including Cardiac, Pumonary, Gastrointestinal, Critical Care, and Patient Safety” said Brad Bowman, MD, chief medical officer and head of data science at Healthgrades. “St. Mary’s Medical Center’s leadership, expertise, and unwavering dedication to clinical excellence set a high mark for specialty care in Missouri and nationwide.

Consumers can visit healthgrades.com to learn more about how Healthgrades measures hospital quality and access a patient-friendly overview of how we rate and why hospital quality matters here.

*Statistics are based on Healthgrades analysis of MedPAR data for years 2021 through 2023 and represent three-year estimates for Medicare patients only. Click here to view the complete 2025 Specialty Awards and Ratings Methodology.

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About St. Mary’s Medical Center

St. Mary’s Medical Center is among an elite group of providers in treatment for time critical diagnosis and has earned multiple quality awards, including Top Performer on Key Quality Measure by The Joint Commission, the American Heart Association, and the American Stroke Association. St. Mary’s is a STEMI Receiving Center and a Stroke Receiving Center.  The Breast Center at St. Mary’s has earned recognition by the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers and Breast Imagine Center of Excellence designation from the American College of Radiology.  As a senior-focused facility, the Emergency Department was the first in the Midwest to earn the Geriatric Emergency Department Accreditation. St. Mary’s is a physician led, faith-based, 137 bed acute care facility providing a wide range of services.  It also offers all private rooms and chaplain services. The Mission of St. Mary’s Medical Center is to deliver compassionate, quality care to patients and better healthcare to communities.