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Article Date: 06/02/2009

Northern Dutchess Hospital Receives Outstanding Patient Experience Award From HealthGrades
Northern Dutchess Hospital is pleased to announce that it has received the 2009/2010 Outstanding Patient Experience Award™ from HealthGrades, the nation’s leading independent healthcare ratings organization. NDH is one of only four hospitals in New York State to achieve this distinction.

The award is based on a national, standardized survey, called the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems or HCAHPS, covering the year ending in June 2008. The survey assesses patients’ perspectives of the hospital care they received, including physician and nurse communication, cleanliness, noise levels, medication information and post-discharge care instructions.

To identify the top-performing hospitals, HealthGrades analyzed survey results for the 3,711 hospitals nationwide that participated in the HCAHPS program during the study time period to determine which hospitals scored highest on the surveys. Hospitals had to meet bed size, survey response size, and clinical-quality thresholds in order to be eligible for the award. The methodology is available at www.HealthGrades.com.

Northern Dutchess Hospital, a Health Quest affiliate, is a 68-bed, acute care hospital located in Rhinebeck, NY. The Health Quest system includes Vassar Brothers Medical Center in Poughkeepsie and Putnam Hospital Center in Carmel. For more information about any of Northern Dutchess Hospital’s services, log on to www.health-quest.org/ndh.

Website Address: http://www.health-quest.org/body_nd.cfm?id=563&action=detail&ref=295

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