Flagler Hospital named among top 5% of hospitals for labor and delivery care

The hospital was recognized as a Healthgrades 2021 Labor and Delivery Excellence Award recipient.

  • By Guest Author
  • | 4:50 a.m. August 26, 2021
Healthgrades award and baby Ellis. Courtesy photo
Healthgrades award and baby Ellis. Courtesy photo
  • Palm Coast Observer
  • Business
  • Share

by: Erin Wallner

Flagler Health+

Flagler Hospital is a recipient of the Healthgrades 2021 Labor and Delivery Excellence Award. This distinction places Flagler Hospital in the top 5% of all hospitals evaluated and recognizes the exceptional care provided to mothers during and after labor and delivery, according to Healthgrades.

“Being recognized by Healthgrades speaks highly of the commitment of the Maternity Care team at Flagler Health+,” said Jason Barrett, president & CEO of Flagler Health+. “To receive the Labor and Delivery Excellence Award once more is a great honor and underscores our commitment to the betterment of the physical, social and economic health here in our community – for this generation and beyond.”

To help consumers evaluate and compare hospital performance, Healthgrades analyzed patient outcomes data for hospitals across 16 states that provide all-payer state data for years 2017 through 2019. Healthgrades found that the variation in hospital performance makes a significant difference in terms of clinical outcomes:

  • From 2017 through 2019, if all hospitals included in the analysis performed similarly to those that received the Healthgrades Labor and Delivery Excellence Award, 138,318 patients with complications could potentially have been avoided.
  • From 2017 through 2019, patients treated in hospitals receiving the Healthgrades Labor and Delivery Excellence Award had, on average, a 41.7% lower risk of experiencing a complication while in the hospital than if they were treated in hospitals that did not receive the award*.

This is the fourth consecutive year that Flagler Hospital has been recognized with the Labor and Delivery Excellence Award (2018-2021). Additionally, Flagler Hospital is a Five-Star Recipient for C-Section Delivery for four years in a row (2018-2021) and a Five-Star Recipient for Vaginal Delivery for seven consecutive years (2015-2021).

Flagler Hospital’s Birth Unit has been designed to accommodate all types of delivery preferences. The team supports natural birth with policies that support freedom to move around, and equipment, such as wireless monitoring, state of the art birthing beds to support upright labor and birth, birthing balls and showers or tubs for pain relief and labor support, and staff to provide ongoing labor care.

The hospital offers specialty rooms for low-intervention birth experiences and patients enjoy the unique amenities of a family-based unit. Cesareans are performed in operating rooms only when medically necessary which reduces risks to mom and baby.

View Healthgrades hospital quality awards and methodologies.

Learn more about how hospitals partner with Healthgrades.

 

Latest News

  • November 22, 2024
Lemerand Center of Excellence celebrates first year in operation in Volusia County
  • November 21, 2024
House on John Anderson Drive in Ormond Beach sells for over $1.7 million
  • November 21, 2024
Volusia County allocates over $60 million to municipalities for stormwater projects, studies
  • November 21, 2024
Flagler County cold weather shelter to open on Friday, Nov. 22
×

Your free article limit has been reached this month.
Subscribe now for unlimited digital access to our award-winning local news.