Two Ascension hospitals – Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola, Florida, and Saint Thomas West Hospital, Nashville, Tennessee – are included in the 2016 Truven Health 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals list announced November 9, 2015.
The Truven Health 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals study is an annual, objective, quantitative study that identifies the nation's best providers of cardiovascular care, based on publicly available data and a balanced look at patient outcomes, operational efficiencies and financial metrics.
Selected from more than 1,000 U.S. hospitals, the award winners "provide outstanding care and set new standards in excellence for this high-profile service line," according to Truven Health.
"This is a wonderful recognition for our cardiovascular team," said Susan Davis, President and CEO of Sacred Heart Health System. "We've worked for four years to build a great cardiac program at SHHP and recruited some very talented physicians. The Top 50 Cardiovascular Hospital award reflects the advances we've made and the dedication of our entire team to quality care and efficient operations."
"At Saint Thomas Health, we pride ourselves on the quality of care our patients receive in every service area," said Karen Springer, RN, CEO of Saint Thomas Health. "This recognition simply demonstrates the hard work and the holistic, reverent care provided by our physicians, nurses and staff every day at Saint Thomas West Hospital."
"Honors such as this reflect the expertise and commitment of Sacred Heart Hospital and Saint Thomas West in treating residents in their communities, as well as the commitment Ascension is making to its hospitals by providing world-class training and clinical guidance," said Patricia A. Maryland, Dr.PH, President, Healthcare Operations and Chief Operating Officer, Ascension Health.
According to Truven Health, the 2016 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals had:
- Significantly higher inpatient survival than other cardiovascular hospitals (20 to 33 percent higher)
- Fewer patients with complications (8 to 11 percent fewer)
- Higher 30-day survival rates for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and heart failure (HF) patients (0.6 to 0.7 percentage points higher)
- Lower readmissions rates for AMI and HF patients (1.05 percentage points lower)
- Better Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Core Measures scores (0.3 percentage points higher)
- One-half to one day lower average lengths of stay
- $1,200 to $6,100 less in total costs per patient case; the median benchmark hospital spent approximately $6,100 less per bypass surgery patient and more than $1,200 less per admitted heart failure patient.
