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Provena Saint Joseph Hospital has been ranked once again in the top 10% in the nation for both Cardiac Surgery, as well as Stroke Care, from HealthGrades, the leading independent healthcare ratings organization.
This is the third year in a row that Provena Saint Joseph Hospital has received this ranking. In addition, Provena Saint Joseph Hospital has ranked among the top 10 hospitals in Illinois for Cardiac Surgery and among the top 3 hospitals in Illinois for stroke. The recognition is based on HealthGrades' twelfth annual Hospital Quality in America study, released today, which analyzes patient outcomes at virtually all of the nation's hospitals.
In addition to these notable nationwide and state-wide accomplishments, Provena Saint Joseph Hospital has also achieved the following accomplishments:
Five-Star Rated for Coronary Bypass Surgery - 4 years in a row (2007 - 2010)
Five-Star Rated for Treatment of Heart Attack - 2010
Five-Star Rated for Treatment of Stroke - 3 years in a row (2008 - 2010) "The fact that Provena Saint Joseph Hospital has achieved these high ratings for several consecutive years demonstrates our long term commitment toexcellence and providing proven high quality care to the patients we are privileged to serve," said William A. Brown, FACHE, president & CEO of Provena Saint Joseph Hospital. "We are very appreciative of our physicians, nurses and other caregivers for making the designation possible."
The HealthGrades study, the largest annual report of its kind, analyzed patient outcomes in nearly 40 million Medicare hospitalization records from 5,000 hospitals over the years 2006, 2007 and 2008.
This year's study found:
Across all 17 procedures and diagnoses in which mortality was studied, there was an approximate 72% lower chance of dying in a 5-star rated hospital compared to a 1-star rated hospital, and a 52% lower chance of dying in a 5-star hospital compared with the national average.
If all hospitals performed at the level of a 5-star rated hospital across the 17 procedures and diagnoses studied, 224,537 Medicare lives could potentially have been saved from 2006 through 2008.
The new 2010 HealthGrades hospital ratings were posted today at www.healthgrades.com, HealthGrades' public Web site. HealthGrades Ratings HealthGrades' hospital ratings and awards reflect the track record of patient outcomes at hospitals in the form of mortality and complication rates. HealthGrades rates hospitals independently based on data that hospitals submit to the federal government.
No hospital can opt in or out of being rated, and no hospital pays to be rated. For 28 procedures and treatments, HealthGrades issues star ratings that reflect the mortality and complication rates for each category of care. Hospitals receiving a 5-star rating have mortality or complication rates that are below the national average, to a statistically significant degree. A 3-star rating means the hospital performs as expected. One-star ratings indicate the hospital's mortality or complication rates in that procedure or treatment are statistically higher than average. Because the risk profiles of patient populations at hospitals are not alike, HealthGrades risk-adjusts the data to allow for apples-to-apples comparisons. More information on today's HealthGrades study, including the complete methodology, can be found at www.healthgrades.com.
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