INDIANAPOLIS – The St.Vincent Heart Center of Indiana and St.Vincent Indianapolis Hospital are ranked the top two hospitals in Indiana and among the top 5 percent nationally for cardiac care, according to a study issued by HealthGrades, the leading independent healthcare ratings organization.
This marks the fifth consecutive year the St.Vincent Heart Center of Indiana has been ranked the best in the state. According to the HealthGrades study, the St.Vincent Heart Center is one of only six hospitals in the country to achieve the highest honors in overall cardiac care, cardiac surgery, cardiology and coronary interventions.
St.Vincent Indianapolis Hospital ranks second in the state for overall heart care, cardiology and coronary interventions. The hospital also ranked number one in Indiana and among the top 5 percent nationally for gastrointestinal care.
“We would like to thank all the patients and families that have trusted our physicians and clinical professionals’ to deliver the highest level of cardiovascular care at our facilities,” said John Stewart, CEO of the St.Vincent Heart Center of Indiana. “By having one heart program at two locations, we are able to blend the strengths of both entities and ensure that our patient population receives advanced, specialized cardiac care.” We will continue to serve as a healthcare leader in Indiana and the country, and remain focused on achieving optimal patient outcomes.
Along with the St.Vincent Heart Center and St.Vincent honors, the faith-based health system’s Anderson and Carmel hospitals received top achievements in patient experience and joint replacement.
Saint John’s Health System in Anderson earned the HealthGrades 2009/2010 Outstanding Patient Experience Award for scoring among the top 10 percent of hospitals in the nation. The patient satisfaction survey was measured by Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS), which assesses physician and nurse communication; cleanliness; noise levels; medication information; and post-discharge instructions. Saint John’s received the Outstanding Patient Experience Award for patients giving the hospital a 9 or 10 on a 10-point scale for overall patient satisfaction.
The Anderson-based hospital also is ranked among the top 5 percent of hospitals in the nation for joint replacement surgery. Saint John’s is the recipient of the HealthGrades 2010 Joint Replacement Excellence Award, and is recognized with a 5-star rating for averaging an 80 percent lower rate of complications than other hospitals across the country.
For the fourth consecutive year, St.Vincent Carmel Hospital is the recipient of the HealthGrades Joint Replacement Excellence Award, ranked among the top 10 percent in the nation and earned a five-star rating for joint replacement.
The HealthGrades twelfth annual Hospital Quality in America study, the largest annual report of its kind, analyzed patient outcomes from nearly 40 million Medicare hospitalization records.
Top-performing hospitals had dramatically lower mortality rates than other hospitals, according to the study. For the 17 procedures and diagnoses for which HealthGrades analyzed mortality rates, patients at top hospitals had a 72 percent lower chance of dying when compared with the lowest-performing hospitals, and a 52 percent lower chance of dying when compared to the U.S. national average.
HealthGrades rates hospitals independently based on data that hospitals submit to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid services, part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. No hospital can opt in or out of being rated, and no hospital pays to be rated.
More information on today’s HealthGrades study, including the complete methodology, can be found at www.healthgrades.com.
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St.Vincent Heart Center of Indiana
St.Vincent Heart Center of Indiana (SVHCI) is a joint venture between St.Vincent Health and the physicians and surgeons of The Care Group, LLC and CorVasc MD's P.C., and opened as the first freestanding heart hospital in the Indianapolis metro area in 2002. The 120-bed hospital specializes in interventional cardiology, cardiac catheterization, cardiac surgery, vascular medicine, thoracic procedures and transplants. SVHCI is home to the $99 Heart Scan of Indiana, 24/7 Heart Emergency Unit, the A-Fib Center of Excellence, the Congestive Heart Failure Center of Excellence, the Indiana Heart Attack Network and the Sleep Center of Indiana. The freestanding hospital is the only in the state to be named by HealthGrades as the best heart care in Indiana four years in a row and in the top 5 percent of all hospitals in the U.S. for overall cardiac services for 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010. It is also a Thomson/Solucient Top 100 Hospital for Cardiovascular Services, and an Accredited Chest Pain Center.
About St.Vincent Health
St.Vincent Health is a nonprofit, spiritually-centered health system, sponsored by Ascension Health of St. Louis, MO., the nation’s largest Catholic health system. St.Vincent Health is one of Indiana’s largest employers with 18 health ministries serving 45 counties in Central Indiana. The health ministry includes St.Vincent Indianapolis Hospital; Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital at St.Vincent; St.Vincent Heart Center of Indiana; St.Vincent Medical Center Northeast; St. Joseph Hospital in Kokomo; Saint John’s Health System in Anderson; St.Vincent Carmel Hospital; St.Vincent Women’s Hospital; St.Vincent Clay Hospital in Brazil; St.Vincent Frankfort Hospital; St.Vincent Jennings Hospital in North Vernon; St.Vincent Mercy Hospital in Elwood; St.Vincent New Hope; St.Vincent Randolph Hospital in Winchester; St.Vincent Stress Center; St.Vincent Williamsport Hospital; and St.Vincent Seton Specialty Hospital.
