Palm Beach Gardens, FL – November 4th, 2024 – Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center announced today that it has achieved numerous accolades for clinical excellence from Healthgrades, one of the leading sites Americans use when searching for a doctor or hospital. Among Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center’s distinctions are placing among the country’s top 10% of hospitals for pulmonary care, highlighted by the Pulmonary Care Excellence Award. Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center was also rated five stars for seven services, including valve surgery, heart failure, carotid surgery, stroke, colorectal surgeries, treatment of respiratory failure, and treatment of pneumonia. Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center is the only hospital in Palm Beach County to earn five-stars for valve surgery.

“We are proud to be recognized by Healthgrades for our achievements in quality care. This award reflects our commitment to continuous improvement and our dedication to the health and well-being of our community,” said Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center CEO, Erik Cazares. “We have a tradition of excellence, with many of the awards, like for carotid surgery, respiratory failure, treatment of heart failure, and pulmonary treatment have been earned for multiple years in a row.”

Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center’s achievements are based solely on what matters most: patient outcomes. As part of its 2025 hospital assessment, Healthgrades evaluated risk-adjusted mortality and complication rates for over 30 of the most common conditions and procedures at approximately 4,500 hospitals nationwide to determine the top performers in specialty care. By offering easy access to objective performance measures, Healthgrades helps consumers find and select a hospital that excels in providing the care they need.

As variation in performance among hospitals continues to grow, it is increasingly important for consumers to seek care at top-rated programs. Healthgrades’ 2025 analysis revealed that if all hospitals as a group performed similarly to five-star hospitals during the 2021-2023 study period, on average, 224,958 lives could potentially have been saved and 141,692 complications could potentially have been avoided.*

“Healthgrades commends Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center for their clear commitment to delivering consistently superior patient outcomes in critical service areas, including pulmonary, valve surgery, heart failure, carotid surgery, stroke, colorectal surgeries, treatment of respiratory failure, and treatment of pneumonia,” said Brad Bowman, MD, chief medical officer and head of data science at Healthgrades. “Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center’s leadership, expertise, and unwavering dedication to clinical excellence set a high mark for specialty care in Florida and nationwide.”

Consumers can visit healthgrades.com to learn more about how Healthgrades measures hospital quality and access a patient-friendly overview of how we rate and why hospital quality matters here.

*Statistics are based on Healthgrades analysis of MedPAR data for years 2021 through 2023 and represent three-year estimates for Medicare patients only. Click here to view the complete 2025 Specialty Awards and Ratings Methodology.