Hillcrest Hospital South in Tulsa, Okla. earned DNV's Orthopedic Center of Excellence designation.
Hillcrest Hospital South is the first hospital in the state to earn the nod, according to a Feb. 14 news release. The designation requires advanced certification in the hip and knee replacement, spine and shoulder surgery programs.
"Over the past five years, Orthopedic surgery has been one of the highest growth service lines at Hillcrest South," the hospital's CEO, Bennett Geister, said in the release. "Our team came together to implement and adopt best practices so that the patient’s experience is top of class when they trust their care to Hillcrest Hospital South. This is a great achievement driven by our staff doing the work, and I’m excited to showcase our program to the communities we serve."