Orlando Health Horizon West Hospital Earns Prestigious Recognition for Joint Replacement Program

Orlando, FL (April 15, 2025) – Orlando Health Horizon West Hospital is proud to announce its joint replacement program has earned the Joint Commission's certification for disease specific care regarding hip and knee replacement. The designation ensures patients are receiving the highest level of care for joint replacement surgery through the latest evidence-based practices and clinical guidelines.

A highly skilled multi-disciplinary team at Orlando Health Horizon West hospital is leading the effort to provide seamless and safe care to patients. This includes instituting protocols along the continuum of care to ensure optimal patient outcomes.

“We’re so happy our team’s hard work has been recognized by the Joint Commission,” said Joe Khayat, Orlando Health vice president and president of Orlando Health Horizon West Hospital. “When patients trust us for their joint replacement surgery, they can rest assured that we have a team of specialists ready to guide them through each part of the process.”

The program covers all phases of care, ranging from preadmission testing and surgery education to outpatient services like physical therapy. With a streamlined process centered around patient wellbeing, the goal is to allow patients to begin recovering at home within 24 hours, if it is safe to do so.

Due to the rigorous program safety guidelines that have already been implemented, Orlando Health Horizon West Hospital has reported shorter hospital stays for patients, fewer readmissions and zero surgical site infections for joint replacements.

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Orlando Health is a private not-for-profit, integrated academic healthcare system with $12 billion of assets under management, that serves the southeastern United States – including Florida and Alabama – and Puerto Rico. With corporate offices in Orlando, Florida the system provides a complete continuum of care across a network of medical centers and institutes, community and specialty hospitals, physician practices, urgent care facilities, skilled nursing facilities, home healthcare, and long-term and behavioral health care services. Founded more than 100 years ago, Orlando Health’s mission is to improve the health and the quality of life of the individuals and communities we serve. The system provided nearly $1.7 billion in community impact in the form of community benefit programs and services, Medicare shortfalls, bad debt, community-building activities and capital investments in FY 23, the most recent period for which the information is available. For more information, visit orlandohealth.com, or follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram and X (formerly Twitter.)