Holy Redeemer Hospital has been named a Blue Distinction Center for Knee and Hip Replacement^® by Independence Blue Cross for demonstrating better overall quality of care and patient results in these two specialty procedures. Holy Redeemer has been listed in US News & World Report’s 2011 Best Hospitals for Orthopedics, as well.  

Blue Distinction^® is a national designation awarded by Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies to medical facilities that have demonstrated expertise in delivering quality healthcare in specific clinical areas, including knee and hip replacement. Holy Redeemer is one of *18 hospitals in Eastern Pennsylvania to have received the Blue Distinction honor.

Holy Redeemer earned this recognition by undergoing an objective, evidence-based selection criteria established with input from expert physicians and medical organizations. The goal of Blue Distinction is to identify medical facilities that deliver better overall quality and medical outcomes for a specific area of specialty care, helping patients and doctors to make more informed hospital choices. Holy Redeemer performed 116 hip replacements and 339 knee replacements in 2010.

*This number is current as of June 2011 and is subject to change.