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U.S. News & World Report Names Boone Hospital Among Best Hospitals for 2023-2024

Boone Hospital Center has been named the #1 hospital in mid-Missouri and #7 hospital in the state of Missouri by U.S. News & World Report in its 2023-2024 Best Hospitals report. Boone has held the top spot in mid-Missouri since 2015.

U.S. News evaluated more than 4,500 hospitals across 15 specialties and 21 procedures and conditions; only 12% of evaluated hospitals earned a Best Hospitals ranking. Hospitals awarded a “Best” designation excelled at factors such as clinical outcomes, level of nursing care and patient experience.

Hospitals are ranked from 1 to 50 in each specialty, with only 10% of all rated hospitals receiving a designation of “high performing.”

Boone Hospital Center ranked “high performing” in abdominal aortic aneurysm repair, aortic valve surgery, back surgery, colon cancer surgery, heart attack, heart bypass surgery, heart failure, hip replacement, knee replacement, leukemia, lymphoma, myeloma, prostate cancer surgery, and stroke.

“For 34 years, U.S. News has provided data-informed rankings to help patients and their doctors find the best hospital to treat their illness or condition,” said Ben Harder, chief of health analysis and managing editor at U.S. News.

U.S. News estimates that nearly two million hospital inpatients a year face the prospect of surgery or special care that poses either unusual technical challenges or significantly heightened risk of death or harm because of age, physical condition or existing conditions. The rankings are a tool that can help these patients find sources of skilled inpatient care.

Missouri Cancer Associates Welcomes New Provider

Alexandre Tungesvik, MD has joined Missouri Cancer Associates. Carrying on the legacy of his father, Dr. Tungesvik has recently completed a fellowship in hematology & medical oncology at the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics. Missouri Cancer Associates is located at 1705 E. Broadway, Broadway Medical Plaza 4, Suite 100. For more information, call 866.724.2413 or visit www. missouricancer.com.

Urology Associates of Central Missouri Welcomes New Provider

Phillip Fish, MD has joined Urology Associates of Central Missouri. Dr. Fish is a St. Louis native and completed medical school at the University of Missouri. Dr. Fish specializes in minimally-invasive robotic procedures, the surgical treatment of kidney and prostate cancer as well as the management of BPH and kidney stones.

Urology Associates of Central Missouri is located at 105 Keene Street in Columbia. For more information, call 800.303.1018 or visit CentralMoUrology.com.

Boone Health Ranks High In Consumer Loyalty

Boone Health has been named in the top 100 in the NRC Health 2023 Consumer Loyalty Awards. The 100 top-performing hospitals are identified through the nation’s largest healthcare consumer-perception survey, conducted by NRC Health. The Market Insights survey annually measures the opinions of more than 300,000 consumers in over than 300 markets across the 48 contiguous United States.

The Consumer Loyalty Awards recognize healthcare organizations that consumers rate the highest on an equally weighted combination of Net Promoter Score (NPS), Brand Perception (overall image and reputation), and NRC Health’s proprietary Human Understanding Metric. To qualify for consideration, organizations must have received at least 150 Top-of-Mind mentions on NRC Health’s national Market Insights study between April 1, 2022 and March 31, 2023. Market Insights is the largest online healthcare consumer-perception survey in the U.S., measuring the opinions, behaviors, and profiles of 310,000 people annually.

Boone Health Recognized by American Heart Association

Boone Health has received the American Heart Association’s Mission: Lifeline® NSTEMI Gold achievement award for its commitment to offering rapid, researchbased care to people experiencing a specific type of heart attack known as a non-ST elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI).

It also received the American Heart Association’s Mission: Lifeline® STEMI Receiving Center Gold recognition for its commitment to offering rapid, researchbased care to people experiencing an ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), a type of heart attack known to be more severe and dangerous than other types of heart attacks.

Mission: Lifeline is the American Heart Association’s national initiative to advance the system of care for patients with high-risk, time-sensitive disease states, such as heart attacks. The program helps reduce barriers to prompt treatment for heart attacks – starting from when 911 is called, to EMS transport and continuing through hospital treatment and discharge. Optimal care for heart attack patients takes coordination between the individual hospital, EMS and health care system.

“When someone experiences a heart attack, American Heart Association guidelines call for specific actions in the hospital, as well as appropriate medications and cardiac rehab activities following a hospital stay,” said James G. Jollis, M.D., volunteer for the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines®Coronary Artery Disease Systems of Care Advisory Work Group and cardiologist with The Christ Hospital Physicians – Heart & Vascular in Cincinnati. “Organizations like Boone Health are recognized for consistently providing patients with guidance, medication and rehabilitation opportunities that give the patient the best chance of preventing another cardiac event.”

The Mission: Lifeline achievement award is earned by hospitals that demonstrate a commitment to treating patients according to the most up-to-date research-based guidelines for heart attack care as outlined by the American Heart Association.