Four insights:
1. The award recognizes advancement for the integration of care in patients undergoing joint replacement surgery.
2. In 2012, Norwalk introduced a total joint replacement destination center of excellence to improve length of stay, discharge home and patient satisfaction.
3. In 2017, five years after the program was implemented, it achieved a 75th percentile ranking among 300 hospitals in length of stay, discharge home, readmissions, blood transfusions, distance walked and patient satisfaction.
4. Patient satisfaction scores received a dramatic rise from 2012, where most patients were discharged to extended care facilities, length of stay was higher than the national average and surgeons followed differing procedures.
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