Study: FMH's clinical quality ranked among best in country

Floyd Memorial Hospital announced Wednesday that a nationwide study has ranked its clinical quality among the top 5 perent in the nation for the second year in a row. According to the eighth annual HealthGrades Hospital Quality and Clinical Excellence study, Floyd Memorial and the other hospitals in the top 5% demonstrated patient outcomes that far exceeded those of other hospitals. Floyd Memorial had risk-adjusted mortality rates that were on average 29 percent lower than all other hospitals