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Piedmont rated best in Atlanta for overall cardiac care and surgery |
2008-01-15 |
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Piedmont Hospital has been recognized as Best in Atlanta for Overall Cardiac Care and Cardiac Surgery for 2008, according to The Tenth Annual HealthGrades Hospital Quality in America Study.
Piedmont is a member of Piedmont Healthcare which includes Piedmont Fayette Hospital.
The HealthGrades® study identifies key trends in the quality of care provided by approximately 5,000 hospitals nationwide.
HealthGrades researchers analyzed Medicare discharges from every U.S. hospital between 2004 and 2006. Risk-adjusted mortality and complication rates were calculated, and hospitals were assigned a one-star (poor), three-star (as expected), or five-star (best) quality rating for 28 diagnoses and procedures from heart failure to hip replacement to pneumonia.
Patients admitted to the nation's top-performing hospitals -- five-star hospitals like Piedmont -- have better outcomes and lower mortality rates than those treated at one-star hospitals, across 1 8 procedures and conditions, according to the study released recently by HealthGrades. HealthGrades is the nation's leading independent healthcare ratings company.
"We are extremely proud of this recognition earned by a dedicated team of professionals, who aim tirelessly to attain the greatest clinical outcomes and patient safety standards. To win such high honors by an independent study is a testament to the physicians, nurses and entire team of cardiac professionals at Piedmont," said Robert W. Maynard, president and CEO.
Piedmont Hospital is the only metro Atlanta hospital to attain both the Cardiac Care and the Cardiac Surgery Excellence Awards and one of only 108 hospitals in the country to earn the distinction.
Overall cardiac care includes performance in numerous cardiovascular services, including care for patients with heart attack, atrial fibrillation, coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG), valve surgery, interventional cardiology, and heart failure. Earlier in the year, Piedmont Hospital was the recipient of HealthGrades 2007 Distinguished Hospital for Patient Safety AwardTM. |
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