Mission Heart has received its 16th "3 Star" rating from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) for its Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG) surgery, placing it once again in the top tier of heart surgery centers across the United States that perform such procedures. In addition, STS has recognized Mission Heart with a “3 Star” rating for the first time for its Aortic Valve Replacement (AVR) and Aortic Valve Replacement + Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Surgery (AVR + CABG).
A 3 Star rating is the highest
category of quality and designates that surgery results are statistically
better than the national mean. Hospitals that score below average receive
one star; those in the average rating receive two stars; and programs that
score significantly above average receive the top-tier rating of three
stars. For the CABG procedure, approximately 10 percent of nearly 1,100
surgical groups in the U.S. that perform cardiac surgery received the top
rating. For the AVR procedure, only about 8 percent of the surgical sites
that perform the procedure received the top rating. For the AVR + CABG,
just 6 percent of sites received this award. Less than 1 percent of all
sites received 3 stars in all three categories.
“We are honored to have our hard
work recognized and to be one of just a select few hospitals in the U.S. to
receive such a rating,” said Stephen W. Ely, PhD, MD, Section Chair for Cardiac
Surgery at Mission Heart. “It is validation of the quality work we are doing on
behalf of the patients we serve. However, the real payoff as care
providers is in the excellent outcomes for our patients.”
The STS Adult Cardiac Surgery
Database includes more than 4 million cardiothoracic surgical records, making
it the largest such registry in the world. The current data analysis for which
these 3 Star ratings are based is the period from July 2013 through June 2014.
The STS's comprehensive rating system compares the quality of surgeries in
terms of survival rates, the absence of complications and other key measures.
"Mission Heart’s continued
ranking among the top surgical heart programs in the country is a testament to
the hard work of our distinguished team of cardiothoracic surgeons, other
physicians, nurses and caregivers, affirming our position as a national leader
in cardiovascular surgery," said Jill Hoggard Green, COO of Mission Health
and President of Mission Hospital and Mission Medical Associates. “This
achievement recognizes Mission Health’s commitment to quality and improved
patient outcomes and provides further evidence of the high-quality care we
provide to the people of western North Carolina.”
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