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Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center announced today that HealthGrades, the nation's most trusted source of health care provider information, has named it a Distinguished Hospital for Clinical Excellence™ for the second consecutive year. This prestigious distinction once again places Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center among the Top 5% of hospitals nationwide for clinical performance.
The HealthGrades Hospital Quality and Clinical Excellence study, released today, objectively identifies those hospitals with the best overall clinical performance across all 26 medical diagnoses and procedures that the organization rates. These 263 top-performing hospitals represent only 5% of the nation’s hospitals and each is designated as a HealthGrades Distinguished Hospital for Clinical Excellence™.
“We are exceptionally pleased to have been singled out for recognition two years in a row,” said Sally Jeffcoat, President and CEO. “We are so proud of the contributions of the physicians, nurses and staff throughout the Saint Alphonsus Health System. The HealthGrades information helps families in our communities make better choices when it comes to meeting their healthcare needs.”
“Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center can be proud of the contributions of its physicians, nurses and staff in achieving outstanding patient care,” said Kristin Reed, MPH, HealthGrades vice president of hospital ratings and author of the study. “The Boise community is fortunate to have access to some of the highest quality hospital care in the nation.”
Unlike other hospital quality studies, HealthGrades evaluates hospitals solely on clinical outcomes: risk-adjusted mortality and inhospital complications. HealthGrades’ analysis is based on approximately 40 million Medicare discharges for the years 2008, 2009 and 2010. Using these top-performing hospitals as a benchmark in this year’s HealthGrades study, HealthGrades quantifies the impact of differences in hospital quality in terms of lives lost and unexpected complications.
The HealthGrades study found that:
- Distinguished Hospitals for Clinical Excellence (Top 5% in the nation) such as Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center outperform all other hospitals across all of the 17 mortality cohorts and six of nine complication cohorts studied from 2008 through 2010.
- Specifically, Distinguished Hospitals for Clinical Excellence had a 30.07% lower risk-adjusted mortality rate and a 1.86% lower risk-adjusted inhospital complication rate among Medicare beneficiaries compared to all other hospitals.
- In fact, if all hospitals performed at the level of Distinguished Hospitals for Clinical Excellence, 165,704 Medicare lives could potentially have been saved and 6,800 Medicare inhospital complications could potentially have been avoided.
Saint Alphonsus 2012 Service Line HealthGrades Distinctions
Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center is pleased to be recognized by HealthGrades with the following 2012 distinctions:
- National Achievements:
- Recipient of the HealthGrades Cardiac Surgery Excellence Award™ for 2 Years in a Row (2011-2012)
- Recipient of the HealthGrades Neurosciences Excellence Award™ in 2012
- Recipient of the HealthGrades Neurosurgery Excellence Award™ in 2012
- Ranked Among the Top 5% in the Nation for Cardiac Surgery for 2 Years in a Row (2011-2012)
- Ranked Among the Top 10% in the Nation for Neurosciences in 2012
- Ranked Among the Top 10% in the Nation for Neurosurgery in 2012
- State Rankings:
- Ranked #1 in ID for Overall Cardiac Services for 2 Years in a Row (2011-2012)
- Ranked #1 in ID for Cardiac Surgery in 2012
- Ranked #1 in ID for Cardiology Services for 2 Years in a Row (2011-2012)
- Ranked #1 in ID for Neurosciences in 2012
- Ranked #1 in ID for Neurosurgery in 2012
- Ranked #1 in ID for Treatment of Stroke for 2 Years in a Row (2011-2012)
- 5-Star Ratings:
- Five-Star Rated for Cardiac Surgery for 2 Years in a Row (2011-2012)
- Five-Star Rated for Coronary Bypass Surgery for 2 Years in a Row (2011-2012)
- Five-Star Rated for Valve Surgery in 2012
- Five-Star Rated for Treatment of Heart Failure for 2 Years in a Row (2011-2012)
- Five-Star Rated for Total Hip Replacement for 2 Years in a Row (2011-2012)
- Five-Star Rated for Neurosciences in 2012
- Five-Star Rated for Neurosurgery in 2012
- Five-Star Rated for Treatment of Stroke for 2 Years in a Row (2011-2012)
- Five-Star Rated for Treatment of Sepsis for 2 Years in a Row (2011-2012)
- Five-Star Rated for Carotid Surgery in 2012
