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St. Luke’s Hospital, Chesterfield and St. Luke’s Des Peres Hospital Recognized as Best Hospitals for 2022-2023 By U.S. News & World Report

St. Luke’s Hospital, Chesterfield Named One of The Best Hospitals in The State of Missouri, and a Best Regional Hospital, St. Louis Metro; St. Luke’s Hospital, Chesterfield and St. Luke’s Des Peres Hospital Rated “High Performing” in a combined 16 Types of Care/Procedures! These are the highest awards a hospital can earn for U.S. News’ Best Hospitals Procedures & Conditions ratings.

Chesterfield, MO – July 26, 2022 – St. Luke’s Hospital, Chesterfield, has been recognized as a 2022-2023 Best Hospital in 15 categories by U.S. News & World Report. In addition to ranking 5^th in Missouri and 4^th in the St. Louis Metro area in Best Regional Hospitals, St. Luke’s Hospital, Chesterfield received “High Performing” ratings in 13 Specialty areas, including:

Abdominal aortic aneurysm repair, Aortic valve surgery, Back surgery (spinal fusion),  Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), Colon cancer surgery, Heart attack, Heart bypass surgery, Heart failure, Hip fracture, Hip replacement, Kidney failure, Knee replacement, and Lung cancer surgery.

St. Luke’s Des Peres Hospital received “High Performing” ratings in 3 Specialty areas, including: Hip Fracture, Spinal Fusion, and Pneumonia.

The annual Best Hospitals rankings and ratings, now in their 33rd year, are designed to assist patients and their doctors in making informed decisions about where to receive quality care for challenging health conditions or elective procedures.

“We are deeply honored to be recognized as a top hospital not only in the metro area, but also in the entire state of Missouri. This is a testament to our team members dedication to achieving our goal of providing the highest quality health care to our patients in a safe, innovative, compassionate, and timely manner,” said Samuel J. Flanders, MD, Executive Vice President for Quality, Safety and Population Health, St. Luke’s Hospital. “Our extraordinary health care team has maintained outstanding care throughout unprecedented challenges and continue that tradition today. I offer my sincere gratitude, and heart-felt congratulations, to the entire St. Luke’s family.”

For the 2022-2023 rankings and ratings, U.S. News evaluated more than 4,500 hospitals across 15 specialties and 20 procedures and conditions. In the 15 specialties, 164 hospitals were ranked in at least one specialty. State and metro area rankings reflect the highest performing hospitals in the area across multiple areas of care.

“The hospitals named to the U.S. News Honor Roll excel across numerous specialties and service lines,” said Ben Harder, chief of health analysis and managing editor at U.S. News.  “When patients and their medical professionals  are considering their options for care, the rankings are designed to help them identify hospitals that are superior in the kind of care they may need.”

U.S. News evaluated each hospital’s performance using a variety of measures such as survival rates, complication rates, patient experience and level of nursing care. The Best Hospitals methodology factors in data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, American Hospital Association, professional organizations, and medical specialists. For more information, visit Best Hospitals. 

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About St. Luke’s Hospital:

St. Luke’s Hospital is an independent, nonprofit healthcare provider committed to improving the quality of life for its patients and the community. Since its founding in 1866, St. Luke’s has grown from a single hospital location to an advanced network of care providing personalized healthcare services in more than 60 specialty areas at its 493-bed hospital in Chesterfield, Mo. and 143-bed St. Luke’s Des Peres Hospital. It also offers about 30 other locations across the greater St. Louis area, bringing quality healthcare services close to home. St. Luke’s is nationally recognized for high quality and safe care, consistently earning high patient satisfaction scores. In St. Louis, St. Luke’s is the exclusive alliance provider for the nation’s No. 1 heart hospital, the Cleveland Clinic Heart, Vascular and Thoracic Institute.

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