Study Finds Mercy Hospital is Five-Star Rated for Multiple Areas of Care
Rating Based on Study of Patient Outcomes at the Nation’s Hospitals by HealthGrades
Miami, Florida (October 20, 2009) – Mercy Hospital today announced that it ranked among the top 5% in the nation for Pulmonary Care and top 10% in the nation for Orthopedics from HealthGrades, the leading independent healthcare ratings organization. The recognition is based on HealthGrades’ twelfth annual Hospital Quality in America study, released today, which analyzes patient outcomes at virtually all of the nation’s hospitals.
Along with these top rankings, the following areas of care received Five-Star Ratings: Treatment of Heart Attack & Heart Failure, Overall Orthopedics, Total Knee Replacement, Total Hip Replacement, Spine Surgery, Stroke Care, Pulmonary Care, Treatment of Pneumonia & COPD, GI Surgeries & Procedures, Treatment of Bowel Obstruction, Sepsis and Respiratory Failure. Mercy’s sister hospital, Holy Cross, also shares Five-Star ratings in nine of these 11 areas.
“It is truly an honor for Mercy Hospital to get these top rankings and ratings,” said John C. Johnson, President & CEO of Mercy Hospital. “For Mercy to be recognized speak volumes about the quality care provided in these multiple areas by our physicians and staff and further emphasizes our commitment to patients.”
A multidisciplinary team of physicians along with state-of-the-art technology, including the latest in robotic surgery, have placed Mercy among the top rated hospitals in the nation. Mercy Hospital has received recognition from HealthGrades in several of these areas in the past.
The HealthGrades study, the largest annual report of its kind, analyzed patient outcomes in nearly 40 million Medicare hospitalization records from 5,000 hospitals over the years 2006, 2007 and 2008. This year’s study found:
- Across all 17 procedures and diagnoses in which mortality was studied, there was an approximate 72% lower chance of dying in a 5-star rated hospital compared to a 1-star rated hospital, and a 52% lower chance of dying in a 5-star hospital compared with the national average.
- If all hospitals performed at the level of a 5-star rated hospital across the 17 procedures and diagnoses studied, 224,537 Medicare lives could potentially have been saved from 2006 through 2008.
For more on the 2010 HealthGrades hospital rating, including the complete methodology, please go to www.healthgrades.com.
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About Mercy Hospital
Mercy Hospital, a recipient of the prestigious Magnet™ award for nursing excellence, HealthGrades Distinguished Hospital for Clinical Excellence Award™ (2003-2004, 2006-2009) and HealthGrades Patient Safety Excellence Award™ (2007-2009), is Miami-Dade County’s only Catholic Hospital. Established in 1950, it is sponsored by the Sisters of St. Joseph of St. Augustine, Florida and a member of Catholic Health East. A 473-bed acute care hospital, staffed by over 700 physicians representing 27 medical specialties, its Centers of Excellence include: The Heart Center at Mercy Hospital, the Miami Cancer Center at Mercy Hospital, the Orthopedic Institute at Mercy Hospital, and the Minimally Invasive Surgical Institute at Mercy Hospital. Mercy Hospital is located at 3663 S. Miami Avenue, Miami, FL.
For more information regarding this release please contact:
Lidia Amoretti
Mercy Hospital
(305) 860-4634
Ashley Serrate / Caroline Underwood
Kreps DeMaria, Inc.
(305) 663-3543