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St.
Alexius Medical Center and the Heart & Lung Clinic have worked
collaboratively for the last 40 years to bring high quality cardiac,
pulmonary, cardio-thoracic surgery, allergy and anesthesia services to the
region, resulting in the establishment of a Cardiac Center of Excellence.
St. Alexius Medical Center with Cardiac services
provided by the doctors of the St. Alexius Heart & Lung Clinic, has received
the 2006 five-star ratings for
clinical excellence in Cardiac Interventional Procedures, the Treatment of
Heart Attack, Heart Failure and Atrial Fibrillation, Cardiology Services and
Overall Cardiac Care according to a study released by HealthGrades on
October 17, 2005.
This places St. Alexius
Medical Center:
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Ranked Among
the Top 10% in the Nation for Cardiac Surgical Services
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Only Hospital
in ND to be Ranked Among the Top 10% in the Nation for Overall Cardiac
Services
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Ranked #1 in
ND for Overall Pulmonary Care
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Five-Star
Rated in Cardiac Interventional Procedures for Two Years in a Row
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Five-Star
Rated in the Treatment of Heart Attack for Two Years in a Row
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Ranked Among
the top 10% of Hospitals in the Nation for Overall Pulmonary Care
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Recipient of
the 2007 HealthGrades Specialty Excellence Award for Pulmonary Care
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Five-Star
Rated in the Treatment of Heart Failure for Four Years in a Row
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Five-Star
Rated in the Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation
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Five-Star
Rated in Overall Cardiac Services
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Five Star
Rated for the Treatment of Community Acquired Pneumonia
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Ranked #1 in
North Dakota for Cardiology Services for Two Years in a Row
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Ranked #1 in
North Dakota for Overall Cardiac Services for Two Years in a Row
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Received the
Highest Star Rating for Treatment of Community Acquired Pneumonia
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Five
Star Rated for the Treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
(COPD)
Quality patient care is our top priority.
Recognition from an objective, independent organization such as HealthGrades
validates the efforts our physicians, nurses and staff deliver every day to
the people of western North Dakota and parts of South Dakota and Montana.
As part of its eighth annual Hospital Quality in
America Study, HealthGrades independently analyzed nearly 5,000 hospitals in
all 50 states and the District of Columbia for its 2006 ratings, objectively
assessing their clinical outcomes and quality. The data utilized in the
assessment is licensed from the federal government’s Centers for Medicare
and Medicaid Services. The HealthGrades ratings measure whether patient
outcomes for each of more than two dozen procedures and diagnoses are better
than expected (5-Star), as expected (3-Star) or worse than expected
(1-Star).
The 2006 HealthGrades ratings for all hospitals
nationwide are available, free of charge, on the web at
www.healthgrades.com. More than
two-and-a-half million unique users and 125 major employers visit the
HealthGrades web site every month to access quality information about
hospitals, nursing homes and physicians. HealthGrades also provides
consumers and payers with detailed assessments of hospitals’ patient safety
outcomes, based on indicators developed by the U.S. Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality.
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