UNC Health Pardee Receives Seven 2026 Specialty Excellence Awards from Healthgrades

Pardee’s achievements place the organization among the top 10% nationwide for key services, including heart attack, respiratory failure, and colorectal surgeries

UNC Health Pardee announced today that it has achieved numerous distinctions for exceptional clinical performance from Healthgrades, the leading resource Americans use when searching for a doctor or hospital. Among Pardee’s recognitions is the Healthgrades Stroke Care Excellence Award for the seventh consecutive year, placing the hospital among the top performers nationwide for stroke care. Pardee is also Five-Star rated for six services, including treatment of stroke (11 years in a row), heart attack (seven years), sepsis (15 years), respiratory failure (18 years), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (five years), and, for the first time, treatment of colorectal surgeries.

“At Pardee, our clinicians and caregivers never stop striving to improve the care we provide,” said James M. Kirby II, president and CEO, UNC Health Pardee. “These distinctions from Healthgrades reflect our ongoing investment in people, technology, and training to make that possible and to ensure our patients receive the safest, most effective care possible.”

UNC Health Pardee’s achievements are based solely on what matters most: patient outcomes. Each year, Healthgrades evaluates risk-adjusted mortality and complication rates for over 30 common conditions and procedures at approximately 4,500 hospitals nationwide to identify the top hospitals in key specialty areas, including heart attack and stroke. Through easy-to-understand, objective measures of hospital performance, Healthgrades empowers patients with the information they need to find a hospital that excels in their procedure or condition.  

*Statistics are based on Healthgrades analysis of MedPAR data for years 2022 through 2024 and represent three-year estimates for Medicare patients only. Click here to view the complete 2026 Specialty Awards and Ratings Methodology.

About UNC Health Pardee

UNC Health Pardee is a not-for-profit regional healthcare organization based in Henderson County and managed by UNC Health. The county-owned hospital was founded in 1953 in Hendersonville, NC, and is licensed for 222 acute care beds. Pardee has grown from the Henderson County Hospital to become a healthcare system that serves residents across Henderson, Haywood, Transylvania, and Buncombe counties, offering a wide range of medical services, including a comprehensive primary care physician network, a cancer center, three urgent care locations, four orthopedics and sports medicine clinics and a medical staff representing 43 specialties. For more information or to find a physician, visit pardeehospital.org.

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