Healthgrades’ 2017 Report to the Nation identifies topnotch hospitals

PROVIDENCE – Healthgrades, a well-known online resource of comprehensive data about physicians and hospitals, recently issued its “2017 Report to the Nation,” which evaluates nearly 4,500 short-term acute care hospitals across the country. For its analysis, Healthgrades, based in Denver, Colo., evaluated approximately 40 million Medicare-patient records for nearly 4,500 short-term acute care hospitals nationwide, assessing hospital performance relative to each of 34 common conditions and procedures.
According to a statement from Healthgrades, patients treated during 2013-2015 at hospitals receiving a 5-star (statistically better than expected) rating have, on average, a 71 percent lower risk of dying and a 65 percent lower risk of experiencing one or more complications during a hospital stay than if they were treated at a hospital receiving a 1-star (statistically worse than expected) rating for that procedure or condition.
The following Rhode Island Hospitals received these Fall 2017 5-star awards, according to information Healthgrades provided to Providence Business News:

  • Kent Hospital, part of Care New England, in Warwick: esophageal/stomach surgeries, heart attack, heart failure and pneumonia;
  • Landmark Medical Center, part of Prime Healthcare, in Woonsocket: heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia and stroke;
  • Memorial Hospital, part of CNE, in Pawtucket: heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia and stroke;
  • Newport Hospital, part of Lifespan, in Newport: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, gastrointestinal bleed, heart failure, pneumonia and sepsis;
  • Rhode Island Hospital, part of Lifespan, in Providence: COPD, colorectal surgeries, inpatient coronary interventional procedures, GI bleed, heart attack, heart failure, pancreatitis, pneumonia and sepsis;
  • Roger Williams Medical Center, part of CharterCARE Provider Group of Rhode Island, in Providence: COPD, heart attack, pneumonia and sepsis;
  • South County Hospital, an independent community hospital in South Kingstown: total knee replacement; and
  • The Miriam Hospital, part of Lifespan, in Providence: COPD, colorectal surgeries, inpatient coronary interventional procedures, esophageal/stomach surgeries, GI bleed, heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia, pulmonary embolism, respiratory failure, sepsis and stroke.

Healthgrades provided information to Providence Business News on these hospitals in nearby Massachusetts that received the following Fall 2017 5-star awards:

  • Charlton Memorial, part of Southcoast Hospitals Group, in Fall River: COPD, coronary artery bypass graft surgery, inpatient coronary interventional procedures, defibrillator procedures, heart attack, heart failure, hip fractures treatment, pneumonia and respiratory failure;
  • Morton Hospital, part of Steward Health Care, in Taunton: colorectal surgeries, heart failure, pneumonia, respiratory failure and stroke; and
  • Saint Anne’s Hospital, part of Steward Health Care, in Fall River: COPD, diabetic emergencies, heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia and transurethral prostate resection surgery.

In a press statement announcing the Healthgrades awards, Southcoast Health’s Dr. Margaret Farrell, physician-in-chief of cardiovascular services, said, “These recognitions [including Southcoast Health receiving the Healthgrades Cardiac Care Excellence Award for the 11th consecutive year] are a much-deserved acknowledgement of the tremendous dedication of the team of physicians, nurses and clinical staff at the Southcoast Health Cardiovascular Care Center. Our team provides the highest level of cardiac care to the patients of our region on a daily basis, and so it’s gratifying to see their hard work recognized.”
Southcoast Health further reported that these Healthgrades awards place it among the top 5 percent of the nation’s hospitals in 2017 for overall cardiac services, cardiology services and interventional procedures, among several other recognitions.
“The Healthgrades 2017 Report to the Nation reveals striking disparities in the quality observed among the nation’s hospitals, and underscores why it is vital for consumers to understand outcomes performance at specific hospitals for specific conditions and procedures,” Evan Marks, Healthgrades’ chief strategy officer, said in a statement. “A given community may have many hospitals, but only a precious few may provide better-than-expected outcomes for the specific care a patient needs.”
Additional information on the Healthgrades 2017 Report to the Nation is available.

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