U.S. News & World Report Recognizes Backus Hospital Hospital

Ken Harrison

Marketing & Communications Manager

Backus Hospital

ken.harrison@hhchealth.org

860.929.6035

U.S. News & World Report Names Backus Hospital High Performing in the Treatment Heart Failure and Pneumonia

Norwich, CT – The William W. Backus was rated as “high performing” in the treatment of Heart Failure and Pneumonia for 2024-25 by US News & World Report.

The rankings and ratings from U.S. News are designed to assist patients and their doctors in making informed decisions about where to receive care for challenging health conditions or for common elective procedures.

“I am so proud of the hard work, dedication and excellent care provided by all of our colleagues at Backus Hospital who helped make this recognition possible,” said Backus Hospital President Donna Handley. “This recognition is testament to our commitment to providing the best care possible for the communities we serve.”

For the 2024-25 rankings and ratings, U.S. News evaluated nearly 5,000 medical centers nationwide in 15 specialties and 21 procedures and conditions. In the 15 specialty areas, 164 hospitals were ranked in at least one specialty. In rankings by state and metro area, U.S. News recognized hospitals as high performing across multiple areas of care. The U.S. News Best Hospitals methodologies in most areas of care are based largely on objective measures such as risk-adjusted survival and discharge-to-home rates, volume, and quality of nursing, among other care-related indicators.

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About Backus Hospital

For more than 125 years, Backus Hospital has treated patients with the latest high-tech equipment, operated by some of the most skilled and compassionate medical professionals available. Our staff members are proud to live and work in this area. We are committed to providing quality healthcare to all who enter our doors, and we look forward to working with you to promote, maintain, or restore health for you and your family.

We provide a vital core of inpatient, outpatient, rehabilitation, and emergency services in a caring and personal community setting in Eastern Connecticut.

About Hartford HealthCare

With 37,000 colleagues, Hartford HealthCare’s unified culture enhances access, affordability, equity and excellence. Its care-delivery system — with more than 500 locations serving 185 towns and cities — includes two tertiary-level teaching hospitals, an acute-care community teaching hospital, an acute-care hospital and trauma center, three community hospitals, a behavioral health network, a multispecialty physician group, a clinical care organization, a regional home care system, an array of senior care services, a mobile neighborhood health program and a comprehensive physical therapy and rehabilitation network. On average, Hartford HealthCare touches more than 23,000 lives every single day. The unique, system-wide Institute Model offers a unified high standard of care in crucial specialties at hospital and ambulatory sites across Connecticut offering unparalleled expertise at the most affordable cost. The institutes include: Ayer Neuroscience, Behavioral Health, Cancer, Digestive Health, Heart and Vascular, Orthopedics and Tallwood Urology & Kidney. Visit Hartford HealthCare at www.HartfordHealthCare.org and stay connected through newsletters and social media.