Gardens Med. Center & Delray named top hospitals

PALM BEACH GARDENS, FL -- Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center and Delray Medical Center were the only two South Florida hospitals named among "America's 50 Best" by a Colorado-based organization called HealthGrades.

According to the organization's website, HealthGrades uses a two-step process to identify hospitals which provide consistently high-quality care.

During the period from 2006 through 2008, these facilities, they say, had a 27% lower risk-adjusted in hospital mortality, performed 8% better in in-hospital complications, and  improved at a greater rate for risk-adjusted mortality.

HealthGrades rates hospitals based on quality outcomes (risk-adjusted in hospital mortality and complication rates).

The goal, they say, is to provide consumers with objective, comparative information on hospitals so they can make more informed healthcare decisions.

To see the full list of hospitals that made the top 50 list, CLICK HERE.