BETHESDA, Md. (April 29, 2010) – Suburban Hospital’s Joint Replacement Program has been designated a Blue Distinction® Center for knee and hip replacement by the Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies. This designation is given to healthcare facilities – typically hospitals – that demonstrate expertise in delivering quality healthcare.

In addition to excellent clinical outcomes, Suburban Hospital’s Joint Program provides family/patient education, a personal coach, group physical therapy at its on-site gym, and continually embraces emerging technology and new techniques to benefit patients.

Since its inception in 2006, Blue Distinction has recognized facilities that meet objective, evidence-based thresholds for clinical quality, developed in collaboration with expert physicians and medical organizations. The goal of this designation is to help consumers find quality specialty care on a consistent basis, while enabling and encouraging healthcare professionals to improve the overall quality and delivery of care.

About Suburban Hospital

Suburban Hospital, a member of Johns Hopkins Medicine, is a not-for-profit, community-based hospital in Bethesda, Maryland, that has served Montgomery County and the surrounding area for more than 65 years. Suburban Hospital is distinguished by a cutting-edge stroke program; level II trauma center; centers of excellence in cardiac care, orthopedics and joint replacement surgery, neurosciences and oncology; state-of-the-art diagnostic and treatment tools; and affiliations with world-class institutions, including the neighboring National Institutes of Health.

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