Staff from Temecula Valley Hospital in the orthopedic and physical therapy departments earn Blue Distinction Center Designation for quality in knee and hip replacement surgeries. Valley News/Courtesy photo
TEMECULA – Blue Shield of California has selected Temecula Valley Hospital as a Blue Distinction Center for knee and hip replacement, part of the Blue Distinction Specialty Care program. Blue Distinction Centers are nationally designated health care facilities that show a commitment to delivering high-quality patient safety and better health outcomes, based on objective measures that were developed with input from the medical community and leading accreditation and quality organizations.Knee and hip replacement procedures remain some of the most commonly performed, elective surgical procedures in the U.S., according to a 2018 study released by the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons. In 2014, there were 370,770 hip replacements and 680,150 knee replacements, according to Ameri
