Owensboro Health Ranked #1 in State for Critical Care, Cardiology Outcomes
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Owensboro, KY (October 23, 2012) – Owensboro Health was named number one today in Kentucky for critical care and cardiology outcomes in a report by Healthgrades, a leading provider of information to help consumers make informed health care decisions. The report, American Hospital Quality Outcomes 2013: Healthgrades Report to the Nation, evaluates how approximately 4,500 hospitals nationwide performed—on risk-adjusted mortality and complication rates—for nearly 30 of the most common conditions treated and procedures performed from 2009 through 2011.
The report ranks 18 common procedures and diagnoses (such as heart bypass surgery, stroke and pneumonia) and assigns a one, three or five-star ranking to each procedure or diagnosis. Healthgrades found that patients have a 75 percent lower risk of dying when treated at a hospital receiving 5 stars than if they were treated at a hospital receiving 1 star. Healthgrades also found that 235,378 lives could have been saved from 2009 through 2011 if all hospitals performed at a five-star level.
Owensboro Health received five-star ratings in 12 of the 18 procedures or diagnoses rated by Healthgrades, including treatment for heart attack, heart failure and all other cardiology services, back and neck surgery, treatment of stroke, overall pulmonary (lung) services, treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, treatment for pneumonia, treatment for gastrointestinal bleeding, overall critical care, treatment for sepsis (blood stream infection) and treatment of respiratory failure.
For the second consecutive year, Owensboro Health is holding its place in the top ten percent of hospitals in the nation for cardiology, stroke, pulmonary and critical care.
Making objective measures of hospital quality more publicly available is imperative for helping consumers make more informed decisions about their health care. According to new research conducted by Harris Interactive for Healthgrades, 89 percent of Americans in 27 top designated market areas believe hospital performance (defined as how well patients do at that hospital compared to others) is important but only 37 percent know where to find the information.
Healthgrades independently measures hospitals based on data that hospitals submit to the federal government. No hospital can opt in or out of being measured, and no hospital pays to be measured. Healthgrades risk adjusts for patient demographic characteristics and clinical risk factors, thereby taking into account how sick patients were before they were admitted to the hospital.
More information on the American Hospital Quality Outcomes 2013: Healthgrades Report to the Nation, including the complete methodology, can be found at www.healthgrades.com/quality.
2013 HealthGrades Rankings
Cardiac
- Ranked Among the Top 10% in the Nation for Cardiology Services for 2 Years in a Row (2012-2013)
- Ranked #2 in KY for Overall Cardiac Services in 2013
- Ranked #1 in KY for Cardiology Services for 2 Years in a Row (2012-2013)
- Ranked Among the Top 10 in KY for Overall Cardiac Services for 5 Years in a Row (2009-2013) (Ranked 2 in 2013)
- Five-Star Recipient for Cardiology Services for 2 Years in a Row (2012-2013)
- Five-Star Recipient for Treatment of Heart Attack for 3 Years in a Row (2011-2013)
- Five-Star Recipient for Treatment of Heart Failure for 4 Years in a Row (2010-2013)
Orthopedic
- Ranked #2 in KY for Spine Surgery in 2013
- Ranked Among the Top 5 in KY for Spine Surgery for 3 Years in a Row (2011-2013) (Ranked 2 in 2013)
- Five-Star Recipient for Back and Neck Surgery (except Spinal Fusion) for 2 Years in a Row (2012-2013)
Neurosciences
- Recipient of the HealthGrades Stroke Care Excellence Award™ for 2 Years in a Row (2012-2013)
- Ranked Among the Top 10% in the Nation for Treatment of Stroke for 2 Years in a Row (2012-2013)
- Ranked #2 in KY for Neurosciences in 2013
- Ranked #2 in KY for Treatment of Stroke in 2013
- Ranked Among the Top 5 in KY for Neurosciences for 2 Years in a Row (2012-2013) (Ranked 2 in 2013)
- Ranked Among the Top 5 in KY for Treatment of Stroke for 2 Years in a Row (2012-2013) (Ranked 2 in 2013)
- Five-Star Recipient for Treatment of Stroke for 2 Years in a Row (2012-2013)
Pulmonary
- Recipient of the HealthGrades Pulmonary Care Excellence Award™ for 4 Years in a Row (2010-2013)
- Ranked Among the Top 5% in the Nation for Overall Pulmonary Services for 4 Years in a Row (2010-2013)
- Ranked #4 in KY for Overall Pulmonary Services in 2013
- Ranked Among the Top 10 in KY for Overall Pulmonary Services for 4 Years in a Row (2010-2013) (Ranked 4 in 2013)
- Five-Star Recipient for Overall Pulmonary Services for 4 Years in a Row (2010-2013)
- Five-Star Recipient for Treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease for 4 Years in a Row (2010-2013)
- Five-Star Recipient for Treatment of Pneumonia for 6 Years in a Row (2008-2013)
Gastrointestinal
- Ranked #6 in KY for GI Medical Treatment in 2013
- Ranked Among the Top 10 in KY for GI Medical Treatment for 9 Years in a Row (2005-2013) (Ranked 6 in 2013)
- Five-Star Recipient for Treatment of GI Bleed for 3 Years in a Row (2011-2013)
Critical Care
- Recipient of the HealthGrades Critical Care Excellence Award™ for 3 Years in a Row (2011-2013)
- Ranked Among the Top 10% in the Nation for Critical Care for 3 Years in a Row (2011-2013)
- Ranked #1 in KY for Critical Care in 2013
- Ranked Among the Top 10 in KY for Critical Care for 7 Years in a Row (2007-2013) (Ranked 1 in 2013)
- Five-Star Recipient for Overall Critical Care for 3 Years in a Row (2011-2013)
- Five-Star Recipient for Treatment of Sepsis for 7 Years in a Row (2007-2013)
- Five-Star Recipient for Treatment of Respiratory Failure for 6 Years in a Row (2008-2013)
