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Brooklyn, NY – February 2, 2009 – The National Research Corporation (NRC) has announced that New York Methodist Hospital is a 2008-09 Consumer Choice Award winner. This marks the third year in a row that the Hospital has received the award for providing the highest quality service in the community as determined by consumers. The award recognizes hospitals with outstanding service and quality in 250 markets across the U.S.
NRC’s Healthcare Market Guide Ticker, the nation’s largest and most comprehensive study of its kind, surveys over 200,000 households in the contiguous 48 states and the District of Columbia. The study has a margin of error of + or – 0.2 percent. Winners are determined by consumer perceptions on multiple quality and image ratings collected in the company’s survey. The winning facilities rank highest in their Metropolitan Statistical Areas (in this case, Kings County), as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau.
Mark J. Mundy, president and CEO of New York Methodist, expressed his pride in the Hospital’s accomplishment. “We are delighted at this confirmation of what we already believed: New York Methodist’s efforts to provide the very finest patient care and medical services are recognized and appreciated by the Brooklyn community. We are so grateful to our dedicated physicians, nurses, allied healthcare workers, support staff, trustees and volunteers. They exemplify the high level of healthcare that we provide at NYM and they truly deserve to be honored with this award.”