Excela Westmoreland ranked among top regional facilities in U.S. News & World Report

Excela Health Westmoreland Hospital won honors as Best Regional Hospital-Pittsburgh, according to U.S. News & World Report.

The Greensburg hospital was one of 569 hospitals of the nearly 4,500 reviewed to rank among the Best Regional Hospitals in a state or metro area based on their performance in delivering complex and common care in multiple categories, according to the 2019-20 U.S. hospital rankings. Excela Westmoreland was singled out for its performance for knee replacement, heart failure and COPD treatment.

“In the three decades since U.S. News began evaluating hospitals, we periodically have revamped our measures to enhance the decision support our rankings and ratings provide to patients,” said Ben Harder, managing editor and chief of health analysis at U.S. News. “This year we revised the methodology to incorporate new measures of patient-centered care and to enhance how we account for differences in hospitals’ patient populations. The new model provides a more comprehensive assessment that is useful to patients, families and their medical professionals.”

“We are proud that Excela Health has achieved these honors, but it is our patients who are the real winners,” said Dr. Carol Fox, Excela Health’s chief medical officer. “Being recognized for providing care that is effective and safe directly supports our promise to our community to improve the health and well-being of every life we touch..”