GREENVILLE, S.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CareChex, a division of Comparion Medical Analytics, released a new study which identifies the nation’s highest quality health systems for providing cardiac services. The study analyzed three (3) years of data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality using the company’s patent-pending quality rating methodology. The methodology evaluates hospital adherence to clinical processes which represent the best standard of care and outcome performance on rates of mortality, complications, and patient safety events.
The study recognized health systems whose quality performance was in the top 10% nationally for the following three (3) clinical categories:
- Overall Cardiac Care
- Heart Attack Treatment
- Heart Failure Treatment
According to Dr. Thane Forthman, president and CEO of Comparion, “Assessment of health system performance for overall cardiac care included an evaluation of 32 medical conditions and 24 non-major surgeries such as defibrillator implants, pacemaker implants, angioplasties, and stents.” The study did not include the evaluation of major cardiac surgeries such as heart bypass. Forthman added, “Given consumers’ particular interest in the successful treatment of heart attacks and congestive heart failure, we displayed health system performance for these subsets of cardiac care separately.”
The top quality health systems for each category are identified in rank order below.
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OVERALL CARDIAC CARE – TOP 10% IN NATION |
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| 1 | Community Healthcare System | Hammond, IN | |||
| 2 | Memorial Healthcare System | Hollywood, FL | |||
| 3 | Mount Sinai Health System | New York, NY | |||
| 4 | Sisters of Charity Health System | Cleveland, OH | |||
| 5 | Scripps Health | San Diego, CA | |||
| 6 | WellStar Health System | Marietta, GA | |||
| 7 | Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare | Wheaton, IL | |||
| 8 | Advocate Health Care | Downers Grove, IL | |||
| 9 | St. Elizabeth Healthcare | Edgewood, KY | |||
| 10 | Oakwood Healthcare | Dearborn, MI | |||
| 11 | HealthEast Care System | Saint Paul, MN | |||
| 12 | BayCare Health System | Clearwater, FL | |||
| 13 | Sentara Healthcare | Norfolk, VA | |||
| 14 | Houston Methodist | Houston, TX | |||
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HEART ATTACK TREATMENT – TOP 10% IN NATION |
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Health System |
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| 1 | St. Elizabeth Healthcare | Edgewood, KY | |||
| 2 | Sisters of Charity Health System | Cleveland, OH | |||
| 3 | Oakwood Healthcare | Dearborn, MI | |||
| 4 | UNC Health Care | Chapel Hill, NC | |||
| 5 | Adventist HealthCare | Gaithersburg, MD | |||
| 6 | Scripps Health | San Diego, CA | |||
| 7 | Advocate Health Care | Downers Grove, IL | |||
| 8 | WellStar Health System | Marietta, GA | |||
| 9 | Memorial Healthcare System | Hollywood, FL | |||
| 10 | Banner Health | Phoenix, AZ | |||
| 11 | Allina Health | Minneapolis, MN | |||
| 12 | Kettering Health Network | Dayton, OH | |||
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HEART FAILURE TREATMENT – TOP 10% IN NATION |
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National Rank |
Health System |
Location |
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| 1 | Beaumont Health System | Royal Oak, MI | |||
| 2 | Memorial Healthcare System | Hollywood, FL | |||
| 3 | Broward Health | Fort Lauderdale, FL | |||
| 4 | Advocate Health Care | Downers Grove, IL | |||
| 5 | Memorial Hermann Healthcare System | Houston, TX | |||
| 6 | University of Maryland Medical System | Baltimore, MD | |||
| 7 | Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare | Wheaton, IL | |||
| 8 | St. Luke's University Health Network | Bethlehem, PA | |||
| 9 | Methodist Health System | Dallas, TX | |||
| 10 | BJC HealthCare | Saint Louis, MO | |||
| 11 | Avanti Hospitals | El Segundo, CA | |||
| 12 | Mercy Health | Cincinnati, OH | |||
The study noted only Memorial Healthcare System and Advocate Health Care achieved top performance across all three categories.
About Comparion Medical Analytics
Comparion Medical Analytics is one of the nation’s largest privately held healthcare information services companies with corporate headquarters in Greenville, SC and medical advisory services in Baltimore, MD. Over 1,000 healthcare professionals across leading academic medical centers, health systems, Fortune 500 companies, and payers rely on Comparion’s software solutions to assess the cost and quality of medical services delivered across the continuum of care.
CareChex, a division of Comparion, specializes in rating and ranking the quality of hospital and physician care using both public and proprietary measures of performance including process of care, outcomes of care, and patient satisfaction.
For more information, visit CareChex.com and ComparionAnalytics.com.
