St. Joseph Regional Medical Center Named to U.S. News & World Report 2022-2023 Best Hospitals for Maternity Care

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St. Joseph Regional Medical Center Named to U.S. News & World Report 2022-2023 Best Hospitals for Maternity Care

Recognition based on objective quality measures for labor and delivery services

 Lewiston, Idaho – U.S. News & World Report, the global authority in hospital rankings and consumer advice, has named St. Joseph Regional Medical Center as a 2022-2023 High Performing hospital for Maternity Care (Uncomplicated Pregnancy). This is the highest award a hospital can earn for U.S. News’ Best Hospitals for Maternity Care.

The annual evaluation is designed to assist expectant parents and their doctors in making informed decisions about where to receive maternity care. St. Joe’s earned a High Performing designation in recognition of maternity care as measured by factors such as newborn complication rates.

“St. Joe’s has an incredibly talented and experienced labor and delivery team,” shared Geneen Bigsby, DO, Chair of the Obstetric Committee at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center. “St. Joe’s has worked hard to provide top-level obstetric (OB) care and have consistently, for decades, exceeded national standards for maternal safety, VBAC rates, C-section rates and breast feeding. It is wonderful to receive recognition for exceptional OB care and importantly achieve these standards of care that merit such an acknowledgment.”

U.S. News evaluated nearly 650 hospitals that provide high-quality labor and delivery services for uncomplicated pregnancies for its 2022-2023 Best Hospitals for Maternity Care. Fewer than half of all hospitals that offer maternity care and participated in the survey received a High Performing designation.

“When expectant parents are considering their options for welcoming a baby to the world, the Best Hospitals for Maternity Care are designed to help them identify hospitals that excel in delivering babies for uncomplicated pregnancies,” said Ben Harder, chief of health analysis and managing editor at U.S. News. “A hospital that has earned a High Performing designation may be a good option for parents, in consultation with their medical provider, to consider.”

Current Obstetrics & Gynecology physicians and a certified nurse midwife on Medical Staff at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, include:

• Sara Berg, MD
• Geneen Bigsby, DO
• Lindsay Kern, MD
• Leif Sjoren, DO
• Alex Watson, MD
• Andrea Hedrick, CNM

More information about these providers can be found at sjrmc.org/find-a-doctor.

The U.S. News Best Hospitals for Maternity Care methodology is based entirely on objective measures of quality, such as C-section rates in lower-risk pregnancies, newborn complication rates, exclusive breast milk feeding rates, early elective delivery rates and vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC) rates, among other measures.

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About St. Joseph Regional Medical Center

St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, part of ScionHealth, is the largest full-service regional medical center between Boise, Idaho and Spokane, Wash. providing advanced-level specialty healthcare. Our commitment to providing safe, exceptional care for our community means having highly-skilled and certified physicians on our healthcare team and a quality facility with the latest in medical technology. St. Joseph has more than 100 board-certified physicians and providers, active in both primary care and specialty practice.  We seek to enhance the quality of life of the citizens we serve in our local communities through the promotion of health, by assuring compassion, sharing knowledge, providing technology and communicating a love for what we do. St. Joseph Regional Medical Center – Making Communities Healthier® by Continuing the Healing Ministry of Jesus.

For more information about St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, visit sjrmc.org.  For more information about ScionHealth, visit ScionHealth.com.

About U.S. News & World Report

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