Franciscan St. Margaret Health-Hammond has received 5 stars for the quality of its treatment of Heart Failure for the 7th consecutive year from Healthgrades, the leading online resource that helps consumers search, compare and connect with physicians and hospitals. This achievement is part of new findings released in American Hospital Quality Outcomes 2014: Healthgrades Report to the Nation, which evaluates hospital performance at over 4,500 hospitals nationwide for 31 of the most common inpatient procedures and conditions.
The new report demonstrates how clinical performance differs dramatically between hospitals. For the 2014 Report to the Nation, Healthgrades compared hospitals with statistically better than expected performance (5-stars), as a group, to those with statistically worse than expected performance (1-star), as a group, and found:
From 2010-2012, patients treated for Heart Failure in hospitals with 5-stars for in-hospital mortality, have, on average:
- 63.2% lower risk of dying than if they were treated in hospitals with 1-star for in-hospital mortality
From 2010-2012, patients treating patients for Heart Failure in hospitals with 1-star for in-hospital mortality are, on average:
- 2.7 times more likely to die than if they were treated in hospitals with 5-stars for in-hospital mortality.
Statistics are based on Healthgrades analysis of MedPAR data for years 2010 through 2012 and represent 3-year estimates for Medicare patients only.
“We're pleased that the strenuous efforts of our physicians and employees have been recognized in the context of the latest Healthgrades report,” said Gene Diamond, CEO of Franciscan Alliance’s Northern Indiana Region.
Franciscan St. Margaret Health–Hammond was also named a 5-Star Recipient for Treatment of Hip Fracture and Esophogeal/Stomach surgeries in 2014.
For its analysis, Healthgrades evaluated approximately 40 million Medicare-patient records for nearly 4,500 short-term acute care hospitals nationwide, assessing hospital performance relative to each of 31 common conditions and procedures. Healthgrades awards hospitals quality achievements for cohort-specific performance, specialty area performance, and overall clinical quality. Individual procedure or condition cohorts are designated as 5 star (statistically better than expected), 3 star (statistically as expected) and 1 star (statistically worse than expected) categories. Detailed performance information, such as cohort-specific outcomes data and quality achievements for individual hospitals may be found at www.healthgrades.com/find-a-hospital.
More information on the American Hospital Quality Outcomes 2014: Healthgrades Report to the Nation, including the complete methodology, can be found at www.healthgrades.com/quality.