MidState Medical Center has been named as one of America’s Best Hospitals for Minimally Invasive Surgery by the Women’s Choice Award®, America’s trusted referral source for the best in healthcare. The award signifies that MidState is in the top 4% of 4,542 U.S. hospitals reviewed.
Minimally Invasive Surgery has become the standard of care for many surgical procedures as a safer, less invasive and more effective option to open surgery. MidState achieved the America’s Best Hospitals for Minimally Invasive Surgery distinction by meeting the following criteria:
- Hospitals must be listed by the American Hospital Directory (AHD.com) as providing Robotic Surgery. Alternatively, a hospital can qualify if they have accreditation from the American Institute of Minimally Invasive Surgery (AIMIS), or designation by Surgical Review Corporation (SRC) as a Center of Excellence for Robotic Surgery, Minimally Invasive Surgery or Minimally Invasive Gynecology.
- The hospitals that achieve #1, must also have a patient recommendation rating of 72% or more (i.e. higher than the national average) from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) survey (HCAHPS).
- Any hospital with a "Worse than the national rate" rating from CMS for Serious Complications or Surgical Site Infections - Hysterectomy and Colon Surgery are disqualified from consideration.
MidState Medical Center is one of 276 award recipients representing the hospitals that have met the highest standards for minimally invasive surgery across the U.S.