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Kadlec Receives Top Honor
Good news for patients in the Tri-Cities. Kadlec Regional Medical Center has been recognized as the Best Hospital in Central Washington by U.S. News & World Reports Magazine. The honor is based on a variety of safety measures that the nation's hospitals are graded on. Kadlec also was also recognized as a “High Performing Hospital” in five categories, and ranked in the top 10% in procedures and conditions including knee replacement, COPD, and heart bypass surgery.
Kadlec celebrated its 75th anniversary in 2019.
U.S. News and World Reports ranks the country's 6,000 hospitals every year.
You can read more about the top hospital rankings in Central Washington here.
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