Pasco Regional Medical Center in Dade City has received a top five-star rating for the quality of its general surgery by HealthGrades, the health care ratings company.
Pasco Regional Medical Center is ranked among the top 5 percent of hospitals in the nation for general surgery. The hospital also received the top rating for general surgery, appendectomy and cholecystectomy (gallbladder removal).
"This is the fourth consecutive year Pasco Regional Medical Center has ranked in the top 5 percent of hospitals nationally," said Stan Holm, chief executive officer.
These findings were included in the 11th annual HealthGrades Hospital Quality in America Study, which analyzed more than 41 million Medicare hospitalization records from 2005 to 2007 at the nation's approximately 5,000 non-federal hospitals.
According to the study, patients treated at the nation's top-rated hospitals have a 70 percent lower death rate compared with the lowest-rated hospitals across 17 common procedures and conditions, ranging from heart attack and pneumonia care to respiratory failure.
Pasco warehouse sells for $1.82-million
Webb Realty Services at 4809 Grand Blvd. in New Port Richey announces the sale of 6606 Osteen Road in New Port Richey, a 30,000-square-foot multi-tenant warehouse. The seller was Port Holding Inc. The buyer is SUNTAXI Holding LLC. Sold for $1.82-million. The transaction was handled by Mike Webb, broker and owner.
Accountant awarded fraud examiner status
Heather Mosier, a certified public accountant with Stone, Parker & Co. at 7512 Ridge Road in Port Richey, has been awarded the Certified Fraud Examiner Credential by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners. The credential is granted to members in good standing of the association, which binds them to the association's code of professional ethics.
Bayonet Point earns wellness award
The Regional Medical Center Bayonet Point received the American Heart Association's Fit-Friendly Company – Gold Award. The Start! Fit-Friendly Companies Recognition program award is given by the American Heart Association Start! Movement.
It recognizes companies that demonstrate progressive leadership by making the health and wellness of their employees a priority.
Regional Medical Center Bayonet Point has been recognized at the Gold Level for the second year in a row.
Marketing group has new board member
The American Marketing Association, Tampa Bay Chapter, announces that Tara Michelle Hustedde, president of Pure Public Relations and Marketing Inc. at 17539 Sandgate Court in Land O'Lakes, has been named to its board of directors for fiscal 2008-09.
She will serve as vice president of communications and is committed to serving its membership by advancing marketing competencies, practice and thought leadership for the fastest growing chapter in the United States.
New model being built at Seven Oaks
Avalon Building Corp. has started building a 3,654-square-foot model home with a second-floor bonus room at Seven Oaks in Wesley Chapel. This is Pasco County's award-winning, master-planned community off State Road 56.
Avalon's Antigua design is the first model being built in the gated village of Watermark, Seven Oaks' final neighborhood with 90-foot-wide homesites, said Teri McGinnis, marketing director for Seven Oaks.
Watermark will have 76 single-family homes at buildout. The Antigua is base-priced at $474,900 including home site, and the model is expected to open in late February.
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