McBride Orthopedic Hospital said Oct. 16 it ranks in the top 5 percent in the nation for Overall Orthopedic Services and Joint Replacement in a new study released by HealthGrades, a leading independent health care ratings organization. The study evaluates objective patient outcomes in the nation’s 5,000 hospitals.

“We are very pleased about the results of the study,” Mark Galliart, CEO of McBride Orthopedic Hospital and McBride Clinic, said. “Our team of physicians and employees work hard to assure we have the highest quality outcomes for our patients. We are continually improving our standards of treatment and services to maintain the best results for our patients.”

McBride Orthopedic Hospital received HealthGrades Specialty Excellence Awards for Orthopedic Surgery and Joint Replacement for 2010. In addition, McBride received five-star ratings for Spine Surgery and Hip Fracture Repair.

The HealthGrades study, the largest annual report of its kind, analyzed patient outcomes in nearly 40 million Medicare hospitalization records from 5,000 hospitals over the years 2006, 2007 and 2008. The study also showed that if all hospitals performed at a five-star level, more than 110,000 orthopedic in-hospital complications could have been avoided among Medicare patients over the three years studied.