RRMC recognized by U.S. News & World Report in five categories

ALEXANDRIA, LA – Rapides Regional Medical Center has been recognized by U.S. News & World Report as a “high-ranking” hospital in the areas of heart failure, heart attack, stroke, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and kidney failure for 2022-2023.

U.S. News & World Report looked at data from approximately 5,000 medical centers with special attention given to items such as patient survival, nurse staffing and volume. Only 164 hospitals ranked in at least one specialty.

“This is a designation we can be proud of,” said Barbara Griffin, MSN, RN, NE-BC, chief nursing officer. “While patients with heart attack, heart failure, stroke, kidney failure and COPD are often first seen in our Emergency Department, it’s the care they receive in the ER, as well as the care they receive in surgery, in the cath lab, on the floors and everywhere in between that shows up in a listing like this.

“We are proud of our Rapides Regional Medical Center team and happy to be able to offer our patients exceptional care.”

For more information about the U.S. News rankings, visit http://health.usnews.com/best-hospitals/rankings.