According to the Tenth Annual HealthGrades Hospital Quality in America Study issued October 15, 2007, Beaufort Memorial Hospital ranks among the Top 10% in the Nation for Orthopedic and Spine Surgery and Top 5% in the Nation for GI Surgery. The study, the largest of its kind, analyzed patient outcomes at virtually all of the nation's 5,000 hospitals over the years 2004, 2005 and 2006. Click here to learn more about our ratings and for access to FREE orthopedic physician profiles from HealthGrades. 

• Recipient of the HealthGrades Orthopedic Surgery Excellence Award™
• Recipient of the HealthGrades Gastrointestinal Surgery Excellence Award™
• Recipient of the HealthGrades Spine Surgery Excellence Award™
• Five-Star Rated for Overall Orthopedic Services
• Five-Star Rated for Joint Replacement
• Five-Star Rated for Spine Surgery
• Five-Star Rated for Total Knee Replacement
• Five-Star Rated for Treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
• Five-Star Rated for Treatment of Community Acquired Pneumonia
• Five-Star Rated for GI Surgery
• Five-Star Rated for Cholecystectomy
• Five-Star Rated for Treatment of Heart Failure

Committed to innovation. Arming our staff with the right tools is a key to providing the best care. Our commitment to innovation impacts everything from the computer systems and programs we use to the medical and surgical equipment needed to treat our patients. And this commitment has not gone unnoticed. Click here to learn more.

Our numbers tell the story.
Quality and patient safety are at the core of everything we do at Beaufort Memorial.  Each quarter we monitor what we call our Core Measures to ensure that we are delivering the highest quality care to our patients and keeping them safe.  Some of these Core Measures are also reported on other websites, although the data is usually not as current as ours.
>> View BMH data on Core Measures

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) posts comparative quality data on hospitals nationwide. However, that data is not as current as the data we post on our site.  For comparative information on AMI, heart failure and pneumonia,
>> View CMS data at www.hospitalcompare.hss.gov

The South Carolina Hospital Association also has developed a website for healthcare consumers and professionals.  It is called MySCHospital.org. The site contains data on how S.C. hospitals are performing in key areas of patient safety, quality and service.  All hospitals in S.C. participate in submitting data to this site, which is reader-friendly.
>> View SCHA data at www.MySCHospital.org

South Carolina's Department of Health & Environmental Control (DHEC) just recently began posting data on Infection Rates in SC Hospitals.  However, at this time, the data has not been verified.  
>> View SCHHE report at www.scdhec.gov