 100
Top Hospitals®:
Cardiovascular Benchmarks for Success —
2002
According to a new national study by an
independent healthcare industry analyst,
Penn State Cardiovascular Center is one of
the nation’s best resources for heart
patients.
The study, “The 100 Top Hospitals®:
Cardiovascular Benchmarks for
Success”—identifies the nations’ top
cardiovascular facilities and includes
Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical
Center’s comprehensive cardiovascular
program. Solucient, a leading healthcare
industry analyst that provides hospitals,
healthcare providers, insurance companies,
employers, consultants, and pharmaceutical
companies with relevant strategic
intelligence, produced the study.
Solucient’s 100 top benchmark
cardiovascular hospitals showed higher
procedure volumes than their peers, median
complication rates were lower, and average
survival rates were markedly higher,
particularly for patients with congestive
heart failure and patients undergoing
angioplasty or bypass surgery.
Solucient 100 Top Hospitals, such as
Penn State Hershey, also demonstrated
lower costs and shorter lengths of stay
for coronary artery bypass graft
procedures or CABG's performed both "off
pump" (without a heart-lung machine during
surgery) and "on pump" than did peer
hospitals.
“We have worked exceptionally hard to
make quality, service, excellence and
cost-effectiveness the cornerstones of our
daily operations,” said Gerald Naccarelli,
M.D., Bernard Trabin Chair of Cardiology
and director of Penn State Cardiovascular
Center. “Our physicians and staff are
committed to care that is world class and
patient focused. It is an honor to be
included with the other highly-respected
programs on this list who approach cardiac
care with like-minded dedication.”
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