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Holy Name Hospital Receives Five-Star Ratings From HealthGrades Two Years in a Row

October 17, 2005

Holy Name Hospital Recognized for Clinical Quality Excellence by National Study

Holy Name Hospital has received five-star ratings for clinical excellence, according to a study released today by HealthGrades, the nation's leading provider of independent hospital ratings.

Holy Name Hospital, recognized as a HealthGrades 2005 Distinguished Hospital Recipient earlier this year, has received high marks again from HealthGrades for: the treatment of heart attack, stroke, community acquired pneumonia and for partial hip replacement and gastrointestinal surgery.  

"Quality patient care is our top priority," said Michael Maron, President & CEO of Holy Name Hospital. "Recognition from an objective, independent source such as HealthGrades validates the efforts our physicians, nurses and staff deliver to the people of Bergen County every day."

As part of its eighth annual Hospital Quality in America Study, HealthGrades independently analyzed nearly 5,000 hospitals in all 50 states and the District of Columbia for its 2006 ratings, objectively assessing their clinical outcomes and quality.  The data utilized in the assessment is licensed from the federal government's Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.  The HealthGrades ratings measure whether patient outcomes for each of more than two dozen procedures and diagnoses are better than expected (5-Star), as expected (3-Star) or worse than expected (1-Star).  

"HealthGrades objectively rates hospitals' performance to help consumers make better health care choices, and it's clear that Holy Name Hospital provides outstanding care.  The people of Teaneck should be secure knowing they have top-notch care in their own backyard," said Samantha Collier, HealthGrades vice president of medical affairs.  

The 2006 HealthGrades ratings for all hospitals nationwide are available, free of charge, on the web at www.healthgrades.com.  More than two-and-a-half million unique users and 125 major employers visit the HealthGrades web site every month to access quality information about hospitals, nursing homes and physicians.  HealthGrades also provides consumers and payers with detailed assessments of hospitals' patient safety outcomes, based on indicators developed by the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

About Holy Name Hospital
Holy Name Hospital is a fully accredited, not-for-profit, acute care community hospital located in suburban Teaneck, New Jersey.  Founded and sponsored in 1925 by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace, the hospital has grown to become a comprehensive 361-bed acute care medical center that consistently remembers its community hospital roots.

With centers of excellence in cancer care, cardiac services, dialysis treatment, women's health care, and neurology services, plus a host of other state-of-the-art diagnostic, treatment, and health management services, Holy Name Hospital provides high quality health care across a continuum that extends from prevention through treatment and on toward recovery and wellness.

Affiliation with NewYork Presbyterian Health System further brings the advantages of large urban hospitals to the Teaneck community.

About HealthGrades
HealthGrades (Nasdaq:HGRD) is the leading healthcare ratings company, providing ratings and profiles of hospitals, nursing homes and physicians to consumers, corporations, health plans and hospitals. Millions of consumers and hundreds of the nation's largest employers, health plans and hospitals rely on HealthGrades' independent ratings to make healthcare decisions based on the quality of care. More information on the company can be found at http://www.healthgrades.com.