Westerly Hospital Designated “Blue Distinction Center” for Knee and Hip Replacement

WESTERLY, Rhode Island, December 28, 2011 – Westerly Hospital has been designated a “Blue Distinction Center” for Knee and Hip Replacement by the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association (BCBSA). 

Blue Distinction is a designation given by Blue Cross and Blue Shield (BCBS) to hospitals that have demonstrated expertise in delivery of quality healthcare. The designation is based on rigorous, clinically meaningful measures (or "selection criteria") established in collaboration with expert physicians’ and medical organizations’ input.   The program’s goal is to help consumers find healthcare facilities that have demonstrated better overall outcomes (e.g., fewer medical complications, fewer readmissions and higher survival rates) for patients who undergo knee and hip replacement procedures.

For information on Westerly Hospital’s orthopedic services and physicians, visit www.westerlyhospital.org.

The Westerly Hospital is a 125-bed hospital that provides Washington (RI) and New London (CT) County residents a wide array of medical, surgical, laboratory and rehabilitative services using state-of-the-art technology in an intimate, community hospital setting. With 135 primary and specialty physicians dedicated to the patients they serve, the hospital has earned one of the highest patient satisfaction rankings in the country.