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Patient Outcomes in Cardiac Services
St. Anthony’s Medical Center measures and monitors specific clinical outcomes to maintain and achieve superior patient care.
These measures are compared to national data and risk adjusted based on the demographics of St. Anthony’s patients such as age, gender and medical codes (diagnostic groups) for a specific condition or procedure and variations in the severity of illness. Risk-adjusted rates make the information more useful for comparing hospitals to national norms.
What Ranks Mean:
- A “low” rank means a hospital performed better than the national average.
- A “normal” rank means a hospital is consistent with the national average.
- A “high” rank means a hospital performed worse than the national average.
How St. Anthony’s Ranks in Cardiovascular Services:
(Source:
The Delta Group, HIDI data 10/05-9/06)
In cardiac medicine, St. Anthony's had a much lower risk-adjusted mortality rate (RAMI) than expected. Specifically, the mortality rate was 28% lower than the national norm.
(Source: The Delta Group, HIDI data 10/05-9/06)
For patients with circulatory disorders that includes an acute myocardial infarction, St. Anthony's risk-adjusted mortality index (RAMI) was 47% lower than than the national norm. In fact, St. Anthony's has a RAMI 26% lower than the best performing hospitals in the nation.
(Source: The Delta Group, HIDI data 10/05-9/06)
For patients with heart failure and shock, St. Anthony's risk-adjusted mortality index (RAMI) was 24% lower than than the national norm.
(Source: The Delta Group, HIDI data 10/05-9/06)
For cardiac surgery patients, St. Anthony's risk-adjusted complications index (RACI) was 20% lower than than the national norm.
Length of Stay
(Source: The Delta Group, HIDI data 10/05-9/06)
Source: The Delta Group, HIDI data 10/05-9/06)
Accounting for the differences in patient severity, intensity, and complexity, the clinically-adjusted (CA) LOS per case in cardiac medicine and chest pain at St. Anthony's is 0.2 of a day better than the national norm.
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At St. Anthony's, our vision is to be the area's premier health care organization — and your first choice for health care services.