Saint Joseph Medical Center Earns Three Healthgrades Awards
The Joliet hospital received Five-Star recognition for hip fracture, carotid procedure, and GI bleed treatment.
Updated on Nov. 8, 2026 in Stroke
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Saint Joseph Medical Center in Joliet has earned three Five-Star awards from Healthgrades for clinical quality. The hospital received Five-Star Recipient recognition for hip fracture treatment for eight consecutive years, carotid procedures for five consecutive years, and treatment of GI bleed in 2027.
Why it matters
Healthgrades evaluates hospitals on risk-adjusted mortality and complication rates across more than 30 common conditions and procedures. The recognitions give Joliet-area patients a comparison point when choosing where to receive specialized stroke-related and surgical care.
Healthgrades rated Saint Joseph on three procedures, with the hip fracture and carotid recognitions held for consecutive years, among roughly 4,500 hospitals evaluated nationwide. The source does not provide the underlying mortality or complication rates behind each award.
The players
Saint Joseph Medical Center
A Joliet hospital that is a member of Prime Healthcare, a large multi-state hospital network operating facilities across the United States.
Healthgrades
A national health care ratings company that evaluates hospital performance using risk-adjusted mortality and complication rates across more than 30 conditions and procedures.
The details
Saint Joseph Medical Center, a member of Prime Healthcare, is recognized for its performance in carotid procedures, which are used to address blockages in the arteries that supply blood to the brain. Healthgrades bases its ratings strictly on objective clinical outcomes, and the hospital's recognitions reflect patient results rather than other factors.
Timeline
2020-2027: Eighth consecutive year of five-star recognition for hip fracture treatment.
2023-2027: Fifth consecutive year of five-star recognition for carotid procedures.
2027: Five-star recognition for treatment of GI bleed.
Health Landscape
Healthgrades' five-star program ranks hospitals on risk-adjusted outcomes, so repeated recognitions for hip fracture and carotid care place Saint Joseph among the consistently rated facilities in its comparison set. Such ratings are one way patients and referring physicians compare procedural outcomes across the national hospital market.
Patients needing hip fracture, carotid, or GI bleed treatment in the Joliet area can use these Healthgrades recognitions as one data point when comparing local hospitals. The ratings reflect procedure-specific outcomes rather than general hospital reputation.
The takeaway
Procedure-specific ratings can help patients weigh hospital options when planning care for conditions like hip fracture or carotid blockage. Checking multi-year recognitions can give a fuller picture than a single award.
Further reading
For more on stroke care and prevention, see the Stroke section.
More information
Compare hospital outcomes in the Healthgrades guide to top-performing hospital specialty care.
Source note: This article includes information reported by Shaw Local.
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