TOP CARDIOVASCULAR HOSPITALS

The Thomson Reuters 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals is an annual, quantitative study that identifies the nation's best providers of cardiovascular service. Selected from more than 1,000 U.S. hospitals, these winners provide top-notch care and set new standards for the healthcare industry.

Comparing the award winners to a peer group of hospitals, we found that if all cardiovascular providers performed at the level of this year's winners:

• Nearly 7,700 additional lives could be saved.
• Approximately 6,500 additional patients could be complication-free.
• More than $1 billion could be saved.

We based this analysis on Medicare patients – if the same standards were applied to all inpatients, the impact would be even greater.

The 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals also:

• Spend an average $4,000 less per bypass surgery case.
• Have significantly better 30-day survival.
• Maintain lower 30-day readmission rates for heart attack and heart failure patients.
• Return patients to daily life half a day a day earlier, on average.

STUDY DETAILS

• Released: November 14, 2011

To qualify: General and applicable specialty, short-term, acute care, non-federal U.S. hospitals treating a broad spectrum of cardiology patients, including those being treated for heart attacks or heart failure and those undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention or coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Hospitals in three comparison groups are evaluated on:

Clinical Outcome Measures

• Risk-Adjusted Mortality
• Risk-Adjusted Complications

Clinical Process Measures

• Core Measures
• Percentage of CABG Patients with Internal Mammary Artery Use

Extended Outcome Measures

• 30-Day Mortality
• 30-Day Readmissions

Efficiency Measures

• Severity-Adjusted Average Length of Stay
• Wage- and Severity-Adjusted Average Cost per Case

Data Sources:

• Medicare Provider Analysis and Review (MedPAR), 2009 and 2010
• Medicare Cost Report, 2009 and 2010
• Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Hospital Compare, the second quarter of 2011

Read study methodology highlights.

50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals, 2012
TEACHING HOSPITALS WITH CARDIOVASCULAR RESIDENCY PROGRAMS
Hospitals	Location	Medicare ID
Mayo Clinic Hospital	Phoenix, AZ	030103
The University of Kansas Hospital	Kansas City, KS	170040
Lahey Clinic	Burlington, MA	220171
Saint Vincent Hospital	Worcester, MA	220176
Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital	St. Louis Park, MN	240053
Hackensack University Medical Center	Hackensack, NJ	310001
Deborah Heart and Lung Center	Browns Mills, NJ	310031
NYU Langone Medical Center	New York, NY	330214
Kettering Medical Center	Kettering, OH	360079
Doctors Hospital	Columbus, OH	360152
The Washington Hospital	Washington, PA	390042
Allegheny General Hospital	Pittsburgh, PA	390050
Robert Packer Hospital	Sayre, PA	390079
Bryn Mawr Hospital	Bryn Mawr, PA	390139
Lankenau Hospital	Wynnewood, PA	390195
TEACHING HOSPITALS WITHOUT CARDIOVASCULAR RESIDENCY PROGRAMS
Hospitals	Location	Medicare ID
Morton Plant Hospital	Clearwater, FL	100127
St. Luke's Boise Medical Center	Boise, ID	130006
St. John's Hospital	Springfield, IL	140053
Decatur Memorial Hospital	Decatur, IL	140135
Marquette General Hospital	Marquette, MI	230054
St. Joseph Mercy Hospital	Ann Arbor, MI	230156
Mercy Medical Center	Canton, OH	360070
Aultman Hospital	Canton, OH	360084
Bethesda North Hospital	Cincinnati, OH	360179
St. Luke's Hospital	Bethlehem, PA	390049
UPMC Hamot	Erie, PA	390063
St. Joseph Medical Center	Reading, PA	390096
Memorial Hermann Hospital System	Houston, TX	450184
Baptist St. Anthony's Health System	Amarillo, TX	450231
Corpus Christi Medical Center	Corpus Christi, TX	450788
St. Mark's Hospital	Salt Lake City, UT	460047
St. Mary's Hospital	Richmond, VA	490059
Aspirus Wausau Hospital	Wausau, WI	520030
Gundersen Lutheran	La Crosse, WI	520087
Meriter Hospital	Madison, WI	520089
COMMUNITY HOSPITALS
Hospitals	Location	Medicare ID
St. Francis Medical Center	Lynwood, CA	050104
French Hospital Medical Center	San Luis Obispo, CA	050232
Martin Memorial Medical Center	Stuart, FL	100044
Provena Covenant Medical Center	Urbana, IL	140113
St. Vincent Heart Center of Indiana	Indianapolis, IN	150153
Heart Hospital of Lafayette	Lafayette, LA	190263
Nebraska Heart Institute & Heart Hospital	Lincoln, NE	280128
Gaston Memorial Hospital	Gastonia, NC	340032
The Chester County Hospital and Health System	West Chester, PA	390179
Doylestown Hospital	Doylestown, PA	390203
Maury Regional Medical Center	Columbia, TN	440073
Heart Hospital of Austin	Austin, TX	450824
Dixie Regional Medical Center	St. George, UT	460021
Memorial Regional Medical Center	Mechanicsville, VA	490069
Bellin Hospital	Green Bay, WI	520049