Tyler, TX (March 5, 2012) – Texas Spine & Joint Hospital announced today their notification of receiving quality award rankings from CareChex®, a division of The Delta Group. These rankings listed Texas Spine & Joint Hospital as #1 for both Spine Fusion and Spinal Surgery for medical excellence in Texas. They also are ranked #7 for Spinal Fusion and #21 in Spine Surgery in medical excellence in the United States. Other specialty excellence awards received included:

• Medical Excellence Awards and Patient Safety Awards in Overall Hospital Care, Overall Medical Care, Overall Surgical Care, Joint Replacement, Orthopedic Care, and Major Orthopedic Surgery.
• Patient Satisfaction Awards for Overall Hospital Care, Overall Medical Care, and Overall Surgical Care.

CareChex is a hospital quality rating service of The Delta Group – a national healthcare information services company that provides clinical, financial, and patient satisfaction findings to consumers, providers, and purchasers of U.S. medical care. Unlike other publicly available hospital quality ratings, CareChex provides a comprehensive evaluation of all components of medical quality including process of care, outcomes of care, and patient satisfaction.

“We are honored to receive this recognition from Care Chex, and our physicians and medical staff are dedicated to providing this level of care to every patient,” stated Tony Wahl, CEO of Texas Spine & Joint Hospital. For more information or to learn more about the quality ratings of other hospitals in the area go online to www.carechex.com.

Texas Spine & Joint Hospital is a privately owned hospital specializing in orthopedic and spine surgery, procedures, and tests. TSJH includes a twenty bed, acute care hospital, an outpatient surgery center and ancillary imaging center. With a total medical staff of over 196, TSJH employs 220 full and part time employees and performed over 30,000 procedures and tests in 2011. With a focus on patient-centered care in a specialized environment, TSJH ranks in the 99th percentile nationally for patient satisfaction according to Press Ganey Associates survey data.

About The Delta Group

The Delta Group is a leading healthcare information services and consulting company dedicated to providing an extensive array of products and services designed to measure, manage, and monitor the clinical, financial, and market performance of healthcare organizations. Our vision is simple: to see healthcare organizations achieve and maintain superior performance. Our mission is as broad as necessary and as narrow as possible-to assist clients in the interpretation, application, and implementation of findings which are catalysts for effecting meaningful change. This approach has proven to be the key to successful change management; whether in reducing clinical costs, improving medical quality, or redefining market strategy. For more information, go to www.thedeltagroup.com.