July 6, 2009, Bridgeton, MO -- The Joint Replacement Center at SSM DePaul Health Center performs more combined primary knee and hip replacements than any other hospital in the St. Louis-region. That’s according to 2008 data compiled by Hospital Industry Data Institute (HIDI), the data company supported by the Missouri Hospital Association.

And that’s great news for St. Louis. "These achievements are very important from a clinical standpoint," notes Lisle Wescott, director of program development. "Study after study has found that this level of experience and expertise leads to better patient outcomes."

Expert surgeons and specialized care are what sets DePaul’s program apart. The Joint Replacement Center offers patients a first-class experience with all private rooms, nurses and therapists who specialize in joint care, an aggressive rehab program, on-going education to aid in recovery and a nurse manager who coordinates every part of the patients’ stay. Perhaps that’s why DePaul’s patient satisfaction scores consistently rank the JRC in the top 5 percent of hospitals in the nation.