Truven Health Analytics on Friday announced its top U.S. hospitals for cardiovascular services, based on the clinical quality of the care they give to patients and the cost savings they are realizing.
The firm analyzes performance metrics and adjusts them for risk based on a host of measures, including the cost of the care. For example, Truven said the winning hospitals spent $6,100 less on average per bypass surgery than hospitals that did not win recognition. The winning hospitals also spent an average of $1,200 less per patient admitted with heart failure.
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"The nation's most successful hospitals know that strategic alignment of quality, costs, and the patient experience is critical to delivering top-quality care," Jean Chenoweth, Truven's senior vice president for performance improvement and the 100 Top Hospitals program, said in the announcement. "We're proud to recognize their diligent efforts."
Truven said the winning hospitals also had readmission rates more than 1 percent lower than other hospitals and inpatient survival rates as high as 33 percent better than non-winning facilities. They also saw 11 percent fewer complications and shorter lengths of stay.
If all U.S. hospitals had the same results as the winning group, Truven said, the industry could save $1.3 billion on Medicare patients alone.
Here is the complete list of winning hospitals:
Top Teaching Hospitals With Cardiovascular Residency Programs
- Baystate Medical Center – Springfield, MA
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center – Boston, MA
- The Christ Hospital Health Network – Cincinnati, OH
- Kettering Medical Center – Kettering, OH
- Lankenau Medical Center – Wynnewood, PA
- Mayo Clinic Hospital – Phoenix, AZ
- Mayo Clinic – Saint Marys Hospital – Rochester, MN
- Riverside Medical Center – Kankakee, IL
- Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital – Sayre, PA
- Sanford USD Medical Center – Sioux Falls, SD
- Scripps Green Hospital – La Jolla, CA
- Steward St. Elizabeth's Medical Center – Brighton, MA
- Tufts Medical Center – Boston, MA
- University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics – Madison, WI
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center – Nashville, TN
Top Teaching Hospitals Without Cardiovascular Residency Programs
- Abrazo Central Campus – Phoenix, AZ
- Aspirus Wausau Hospital – Wausau, WI
- Aultman Hospital – Canton, OH
- Decatur Memorial Hospital – Decatur, IL
- Eisenhower Medical Center – Rancho Mirage, CA
- Henry Ford Macomb Hospitals – Clinton Township, MI
- Huntsville Hospital – Huntsville, AL
- MacNeal Hospital – Berwyn, IL
- Memorial Hermann Hospital System – Houston, TX
- Mission Hospital – Asheville, NC
- Memorial Regional Hospital – Hollywood, FL
- Mercy Hospital St. Louis – St. Louis, MO
- Morton Plant Hospital – Clearwater, FL
- Sacred Heart Hospital – Pensacola, FL
- Saint Thomas West Hospital – Nashville, TN
- Saint Joseph Mercy Hospital – Ann Arbor, MI
- St. Joseph's Hospital – St. Paul, MN
- St. Luke's Hospital – Cedar Rapids, IA
- St. Luke's Boise Medical Center – Boise, ID
- Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento – Sacramento, CA
Top Community Hospitals
- Banner Heart Hospital – Mesa, AZ
- Bellin Hospital – Green Bay, WI
- Nebraska Heart Institute & Heart Hospital – Lincoln, NE
- Edward Hospital – Naperville, IL
- FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital – Pinehurst, NC
- Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian – Newport Beach, CA
- HonorHealth John C. Lincoln Medical Center – Phoenix, AZ
- Lovelace Medical Center – Albuquerque, NM
- Oklahoma Heart Hospital – Oklahoma City, OK
- Saddleback Memorial Medical Center – Laguna Hills, CA
- Salem Hospital – Salem, OR
- Southcoast Hospitals Group – Fall River, MA
- St. David's Medical Center – Austin, TX
- OSF St. Joseph Medical Center – Bloomington, IL
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St. Patrick Hospital – Missoula, MT
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