First Choice Emergency Room named 2014 Guardian of Excellence Award winner

First Choice Emergency Room, an Adeptus Health company (NYSE: ADPT), is proud to announce it has been named a 2014 Guardian of Excellence Award winner by Press Ganey Associates, Inc. The Guardian of Excellence Award recognizes top-performing facilities that consistently achieved the 95^th percentile of performance in Patient Experience nationwide.

"We are honored to be receiving the Guardian of Excellence award again in 2014," said Thomas S. Hall, President and CEO of Adeptus Health. "This award represents our team's commitment to delivering the highest quality of emergency medical care to our patients each and every day."

First Choice Emergency Room is revolutionizing the delivery of emergency medical services for adult and pediatric emergencies by offering patients convenient, neighborhood access to emergency medical care. First Choice Emergency Room facilities are innovative, freestanding, and fully equipped emergency rooms with state of the art diagnostic technology (CT Scanners, Ultrasound, and Digital X-ray) and on-site labs. Furthermore, each facility is staffed with board-certified physicians and emergency trained registered nurses.

The Press Ganey Guardian of Excellence Award is a nationally-recognized symbol of achievement in health care. Presented annually, the award honors clients who consistently sustained performance in the top 5% of all Press Ganey clients for each reporting period during the course of one year.

"We are proud to partner with First Choice Emergency Room," said Patrick T. Ryan, CEO of Press Ganey. "The award is a testament to the organization's commitment to reduce patient suffering and deliver more patient-centered care. By achieving and sustaining this level of excellence, First Choice Emergency Room is benefiting patients and helping advance the quality of health care."

SOURCE First Choice Emergency Room