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St. Luke's Hospital ONLY Hospital in
St. Louis to be Designated a Top 100 Hospital for Cardiovascular Services
After much anticipation within the healthcare community in St. Louis and the surrounding region, Modern Healthcare has announced St. Luke's Hospital as the ONLY hospital in St. Louis to meet the criteria necessary to be designated as a Top 100 Hospital for Cardiovascular services. This is the fourth time in five years
St. Luke's has won the award, and the first time in recent years to be the sole recipient of the Top 100 designation for Cardiovascular services in the St. Louis region.
- This is the 5th year for the Cardiovascular Benchmark study. St. Luke's has received the award 4 of the 5 years (1999, 2001, 2002, 2003).
- The study "identifies hospitals that are setting benchmark levels of performance for cardiovascular services throughout the nation," according to Jean Chenoweth, Executive Director of Solucient 100 Top Hospitals Program.
- Study findings are based on Solucient's hospital database and the publicly available Medicare Provider Analysis and Review (MEDPAR) data set. More than 6,000 hospitals and more than 12 million patient discharges nationwide were reviewed.
- Solucient focused on hospitals that treat a broad spectrum of cardiology patients, including those undergoing: acute myocardial infarction (AMI), congestive heart failure (CHF), percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA), and coronary artery bypass graft (CABG).
- Performance Measures and Scoring include 7 areas of clinical quality practices and efficiency of operations:
- Procedure Volume Threshold
- Risk-adjusted Medical Mortality (includes risk adjusted AMI patient mortality index and risk-adjusted CHF patient mortality index)
- Risk-adjusted Surgical Mortality (includes risk-adjusted CABG patient mortality index and risk-adjusted PTCA patient mortality index)
- Risk-adjusted Complications Index (includes post-operative hemorrhages and post operative infections)
- Percentages of CABG Patients with Internal Mammary Artery Use
- Severity-Adjusted Average Length of Stay
- Wage- and Severity-Adjusted Average Cost
"Once again, we are honored to be recognized as a Top 100 Hospital for Cardiovascular care," says Gary Olson, president and CEO of St. Luke's Hospital. "The award reinforces that everyone at St. Luke's, from doctors and nurses to clinical support staff and volunteers, is committed to the highest standard of performance."
Additional information can be found at www.100TopHospitals.com under the "Media" tab.
St. Luke's Hospital also is honored to be the only St. Louis area hospital recognized among the Top 100 Hospitals for overall performance. That designation was announced on September 29, 2003.
St. Luke's Hospital Named Top 100 Hospital for Overall Performance
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