{"id":6817,"date":"2017-03-22T09:15:37","date_gmt":"2017-03-22T13:15:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/schellbrothers.com\/blog\/?p=6817"},"modified":"2017-03-22T09:15:37","modified_gmt":"2017-03-22T13:15:37","slug":"healthcare-in-delaware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/schellbrothers.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/22\/healthcare-in-delaware\/","title":{"rendered":"Delaware Healthcare: What&#8217;s Available Near Your New Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6818 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/schellbrothers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Delawares-Healthcare-FA.jpg\" alt=\"Delaware healthcare \" width=\"1320\" height=\"580\" \/><br \/>\nFor the out-of-towner new to our area and thinking about\u00a0buying a permanent or secondary home in Delaware, one of the first things you\u2019ll consider is how close you&#8217;ll be\u00a0to quality Delaware healthcare facilities. While the beach itself has innumerable healing qualities, we all want to know that our health needs will be attended to by the best of the best. The good news is, in addition to being within driving distance of some of the best hospitals on the East Coast, Delaware healthcare has bragging rights to its own award-winning hospitals.<br \/>\n<strong>What\u2019s Nearby<\/strong><br \/>\nIf you are in Southern Delaware, your immediate option will be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beebehealthcare.org\/\">Beebee Healthcare<\/a>. Located in Lewes and near Rehoboth, Beebe offers a wide array of inpatient, outpatient, emergency and diagnostic surgeries. For those of you looking to settle further north (or if you don\u2019t find your needs met at Beebe), Northern Delaware is home to the nationally-acclaimed Christiana Hospital. Located in Wilmington, <a href=\"https:\/\/christianacare.org\/facilities\/christianahospital\/\">Christiana Care Health System<\/a> is one of the country\u2019s largest health care providers, ranking 21st in the nation for hospital admissions.<br \/>\n<strong>What\u2019s Offered<\/strong><br \/>\nChristiana is Delaware&#8217;s only Level I Trauma Center. It&#8217;s\u00a0is also a major teaching hospital, with two campuses and more than 250 medical-dental residents. In addition, the campus includes the Center for Heart and Vascular Health and the Helen F. Graham Cancer Center<br \/>\nIn addition to offering\u00a0inpatient, outpatient, emergency, and diagnostic services, Beebe also operates the Beebe Health Campus on Route 24, Georgetown Health Campus, and Millville, Millsboro, and Milton satellite centers, which offer\u00a0satellite imaging, physical rehabilitation, and lab services, including\u00a0walk-in care centers.\u00a0In addition, Beebe offers Beebe HealthyBack, Ornish Reversal Program and Cardiac Rehab,\u00a0Wound Healing &amp; Hyperbaric Medicine and Diabetes Management &amp; Medical Nutrition Therapy,\u00a0Gull House Adult Activities Center, Beebe Home Care Services, the Margaret H. Rollins School of\u00a0Nursing, and more\u00a0throughout Sussex County.<br \/>\n<strong>Awards and Accolades<\/strong><br \/>\nNext to first-hand experience and word-of-mouth, one of the best measurements of quality healthcare are found in the awards and recognition received over the years, which both Beebe and Christiana have secured in a variety of areas.<br \/>\n<strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Beebe: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Named America\u2019s 100 Best for Cardiac Intervention<\/li>\n<li>Received eight Healthgrades Five-Star ratings in clinical areas: Total Knee Replacement \u2013 14 years in a row; Spinal Fusion Surgery \u2013 8 years in a row; Total Hip Replacement \u2013 2017; five-star designations in Stroke, Pneumonia, Sepsis, and Respiratory Failure.<\/li>\n<li>Beebe Healthcare received The Joint Commission\u2019s Gold Seal of Approval\u00a0for Joint Replacement &#8211; Hip, Joint Replacement &#8211; Knee, and Spine Surgery.<\/li>\n<li>Beebe has been NICHE (Nurses Improving Care for Healthsystem Elders) since 2011.<\/li>\n<li>Beebe\u2019s Tunnell Cancer center is accredited by both the Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons, and the Quality Oncology Practice Initiative (QOPI\u00ae) Certification Program, an affiliate of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Christiana:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The <em>US News &amp; World Report<\/em> places Christiana Care\u2019s Department of Medicine and Department of Surgery among the top 50 listings in 2 specialties \u2013 Gastroenterology and Urology.<\/li>\n<li>Christiana Care\u2019s Center for Heart &amp; Vascular Health has been awarded the highest national ranking\u2014three stars\u2014from\u00a0The Society of Thoracic Surgeons.<\/li>\n<li>Christiana Care Health System achieved Magnet<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>recognition for excellence in nursing by the\u00a0American Nurses Credentialing Center<\/li>\n<li>Christiana Care Health System\u2019s Surgical Critical Care Complex (SCCC) earned a Silver Beacon Award for Excellence from the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To learn more about Beebe Healthcare:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.beebehealthcare.org\/\">https:\/\/www.beebehealthcare.org<\/a>\/<br \/>\nTo learn more about Christiana Care Health System:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/christianacare.org\/\">https:\/\/christianacare.org\/<\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the out-of-towner new to our area and thinking about\u00a0buying a permanent or secondary home in Delaware, one of the first things you\u2019ll consider is how close you&#8217;ll be\u00a0to quality Delaware healthcare facilities. 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