Flagler College Graduates Enjoy a Summer Birthcation in St. Augustine Flagler Hospital Named one of Healthgrades 2016 Labor and Delivery Excellence Award Recipients Flagler Hospital recently announced it has achieved Healthgrades 2016 Labor and Delivery Excellence Award™, according to Healthgrades, the leading online resource for comprehensive information about physicians and hospitals. The distinction places Flagler Hospital within the top 10% of all hospitals evaluated for the exceptional care provided to mothers during labor and delivery. To help consumers evaluate and compare hospital performance in labor and delivery, Healthgrades analyzed patient outcome data for virtually every hospital in the 17 states that provide all-payer state data for years 2012 through 2014. Healthgrades found that the variation in hospital performance makes a significant difference in terms of clinical outcomes: • From 2012-2014, if all hospitals in the 17 states included in this analysis, as a group, performed similarly to hospitals receiving the Labor and Delivery Excellence Award, on average, 116,703 in-hospital complications could potentially have been avoided.* • Further, from 2012-2014, patients treated in hospitals receiving the Labor and Delivery Excellence Award, had, on average, a 36.3% lower risk of experiencing a complication while in the hospital than if they were treated in hospitals that did not receive the Labor and Delivery Excellence Award.* “Selecting a hospital for the birth of one’s child is the first healthcare decision made as parents,” said Evan Marks, Chief Strategy Officer, Healthgrades. “By choosing a hospital recognized as a Healthgrades 2016 Labor and Delivery Excellence Award recipient, parents can take comfort knowing that they have access to the highest quality care for their loved ones.” Katie Webber and her husband met at Flagler College where they were both education majors. They started their family in St. Augustine and had two wonderful birthing experiences at Flagler Hospital’s Maternity Care Center, joyfully welcoming their two sons Oakley & Cruz into the world. Last July, the family moved to Pittsburgh, where they opened a specialty coffee shop called Konvive. Amidst the success of their new entrepreneurial venture, Katie was excited to learn that she was once again pregnant, now with their third child. She interviewed a number of prospective obstetricians in Pennsylvania and checked out the area hospitals, but nothing compared to the warm, home-like and world-class experience she remembered from Flagler Hospital. photographer by trade, Katie was still traveling back to St. Augustine about once a month to shoot weddings and would see her doctor for pre-natal care while she was in town. Knowing how important a birthing experience is, Katie decided nothing would compare to Flagler and took what she jokingly called a summer “birthcation” to St. Augustine. She continued her care with her obstetrician, spent a month at a condo readying for her new arrival and delivered a beautiful baby boy, Valor, at Flagler Hospital in June – almost one year after leaving the area. Katie says Flagler Hospital will always have a special place in her family’s heart. Katie Webber and Valor 28 • September 2016
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