Medical Center of McKinney is the only hospital in Dallas, Collin, Grayson, and Fannin Counties to receive The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval™ for health care quality for its Total Hip Replacement and Total Knee Replacement programs.

The Joint Commission is a non-profit organization that helps maintain and elevate healthcare delivery standards throughout the nation. The Joint Commission’s favorable assessment of Medical Center of McKinney’s joint replacement program was based on:

• Adherence to consensus-based national standards
• Effective use of established clinical practice guidelines to manage and optimize care
• An organized approach to performance measurement and improvement
• The high volume of procedures performed

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas also designated Medical Center of McKinney as a Blue Distinction Center for Knee and Hip Replacement.

To be designated as a Blue Distinction Center for Knee and Hip Replacement, the following types of criteria were evaluated:

• Established acute care inpatient facility, including intensive care, emergency care, and a full range of patient support services with full accreditation by a CMS-deemed national accreditation organization
• Experience and training of program surgeons, including case volume
• Quality management programs, including surgical checklists as well as tracking and evaluation of clinical outcomes and process of care
• Multi-disciplinary clinical pathways and teams to coordinate and streamline care, including transitions of care
• Shared decision making and preoperative patient education

Many North Texans live with lifestyle limiting pain and decreased mobility from injured or worn-out joints, but the newest technology and surgical techniques in knee and hip replacement surgery allow patients to heal quickly and comfortable, and resume to active lifestyle sooner.

Medical Center of McKinney joint replacement physicians’ surgical options include total hip replacement, hip resurfacing, anterior hip replacement, total knee replacement and partial knee replacement.

With pre-operative education classes tailored to answer patients’ questions about surgery and recovery, a dedicated orthopedic unit staffed with nurses trained in orthopedic care, and a rapid rehabilitation approach, patients are able to increase flexibility and strength and return to a normal state of health quicker.