Awards and Accreditations
Top 100 Rural and Community Hospital 2024
Watertown Regional Medical Center recently announced it has been recognized as a 2024 Top 100 Rural & Community Hospital. This is the second consecutive year Watertown Regional Medical Center has been named to this list and the third time in a five-year span.
Hospitals are rated in the Chartis rankings using publicly available data sets and scored across eight performance pillars. According to the Chartis website, “these top performers are excelling in managing risk, achieving higher quality, securing better outcomes, increasing patient satisfaction, and operating at a lower cost than their peers.”
Tactics employed by Watertown Regional Medical Center to help achieve high-quality and safe patient care include:
- Recruiting, training, and retaining the very best providers, nurses, and support staff.
- Utilizing best practices around infection control and harms and readmission protocols.
- Forming a dedicated quality and education team to monitor and ensure best practices are being met.
- Promoting a culture focused on improvement.
- Requiring board-certification for physicians.
Healthgrades’ 2024 Best-in-Class Awards for Patient Experience and Patient Safety
For the second consecutive year, Watertown Regional Medical Center (WRMC) has been named a dual recipient of Healthgrades’ prestigious hospital recognitions, the 2024 Patient Safety Excellence Award™ and the 2024 Outstanding Patient Experience Award™.
The dual-recipient distinction places Watertown Regional among the top 79 ‒ or top 2% ‒ of the short-term, acute-care hospitals nationwide evaluated by Healthgrades, the leading marketplace connecting patients and providers.
Healthgrades’ analysis revealed that patients treated at recipient hospitals such as Watertown Regional are less likely to experience the following safety events than patients treated at non-recipient hospitals:
- In-hospital fall resulting in fracture (approximately 52% less likely)
- Collapsed lung due to a procedure or surgery in or around the chest (approximately 56% less likely)
- Pressure sores or bed sores acquired in the hospital (approximately 67% less likely)
- Catheter-related bloodstream infections acquired in the hospital (approximately 71% less likely)
View Healthgrades' Quality Awards
U.S. News & World Report's Top Maternity Care Hospital 2024
U.S. News & World Report, the global authority in hospital rankings and consumer advice, has named Watertown Regional Medical Center to its 2024 High Performing hospital list for Maternity Care. This is the highest award a hospital can earn from U.S. News for maternity care.
Best Hospitals for Maternity Care is an annual evaluation designed to assist expectant parents, in consultation with their prenatal care team, in making informed decisions about where to receive maternity care that best meets their family’s needs. Expectant parents who choose hospitals on this list can rest easy knowing they are receiving high-quality care.
Among other measures, the U.S. News Best Hospitals for Maternity Care methodology is based entirely on objective measures of quality, including:
- C-section rates in lower-risk pregnancies
- Newborn complication rates
- Exclusive breast milk feeding rates
- Early elective delivery rates
- Birthing-friendly practices
- Transparency on racial/ethnic disparities
View 2024 top maternity hospital List
Chest Pain Accredited
Watertown Regional Medical Center received Chest Pain Center accreditation from the American College of Cardiology. We are dedicated to providing our patients with the best heart care treatment available. As an accredited facility, we use the newest methods and best practices in heart care to ensure that our patients receive:
- Right care at the right time to minimize or eliminate heart damage due to heart attack
- Timely and accurate diagnoses to reduce the disruption to your life and get you back home as soon as possible
- Help and communication to better understand how to respond to your heart emergencies
- Improved quality of life after a heart episode
Baby-Friendly Designation
Watertown Regional Medical Center has been designated as a 'Baby-Friendly' hospital after a rigorous review process conducted by Baby-Friendly USA. This distinguished honor demonstrates that WRMC is adhering to the highest standards of care for breastfeeding mothers and their babies. These standards are built on the Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding.
Upon achieving this designation, WRMC became one of the 595 Baby-Friendly hospitals and birth centers in the United States and one of only 12 in the state of Wisconsin.