GARDEN CITY, MI — Garden City Hospital has received the Healthgrades 2019 Patient Safety Excellence Award, the hospital said in a press release today.

This distinction places the hospital among the top five percent of all short-term acute care hospitals reporting patient safety data, as evaluated by Healthgrades, which is the leading online resource for information about physicians and hospitals.

Garden City Hospital is one of only four hospitals in the top five percent in Michigan to receive the award this year, the fourth consecutive year the hospital has earned this distinction.

“We are proud to recognize the recipients of the 2019 Healthgrades Patient Safety Excellence Award, which shines a spotlight on the hospitals that are preventing the occurrence of serious, potentially avoidable complications, for patients during their hospital stay,” said Brad Bowman, MD, chief medical officer of Healthgrades. “We applaud these hospitals and their commitment to providing the best possible care for every patient.”