Five-star Rating for Hip Fracture Care at Brigham City Hospital
February 15, 2012
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MountainStar Hospitals Achieve Top-Tier Quality Rankings
Annual HealthGrades study confirms delivery of high-quality patient care
Salt Lake City, UT (Feb. 15, 2012) – MountainStar hospitals throughout Utah received national recognition for achieving superior patient outcomes. In its annual study, HealthGrades®, the nation’s leading independent ratings organization, ranked St. Mark’s Hospital, Lakeview Hospital, Brigham City Community Hospital, and Mountain View Hospital among the best in the United States and in Utah for quality outcomes in multiple areas of patient care.
“Patients today have a wide array of options when it comes to choosing a health care provider,” said Kerry Hicks, HealthGrades chief executive officer. “At HealthGrades, we are proud to have led the way for empowering patient choice based on objective clinical outcomes and access to actionable quality measures. We commend MountainStar hospitals for achieving superior quality as well as supporting consumerism and transparency in Utah.”
According to the Pew Internet Project, increasingly patients are moving from searching disease and treatment-specific information to using the internet to find quality information on doctors and hospitals, 47 percent and 38 percent respectively in 2010, up from 21 percent in 2003. More than 10 million people each month research physician and hospital quality on HealthGrades.com.
The HealthGrades study reports patient outcomes in multiple areas of treatment including cardiac care, stroke care and orthopedic services. The following MountainStar hospitals achieved top rankings in comparison to other hospitals in Utah and across the nation.
Brigham City Community Hospital
- Five-star rated for hip fracture treatment in 2012
St. Mark’s Hospital
- Only hospital in Utah named a recipient of the HealthGrades Pulmonary Care Excellence Award™ for the last eight years in a row (2005-2012)
- Ranked among the Top 5 hospitals in the state for overall cardiac services and cardiology services for two consecutive years (2011-2012)
- Ranked among the Top 5 in Utah for stroke treatment (2012)
Lakeview Hospital
- Ranked #1 in Utah for overall orthopedic services for two years in a row (2011- 2012)
- Five-star rated for joint replacement for two consecutive years (2011 - 2012)
- Five-star rated for spine surgery as well as back and neck surgery (spinal fusion) in 2012
Mountain View Hospital
- Ranked #1 in Utah for prostatectomy in 2012
- Five-star rated for pulmonary embolism treatment in 2012
- Five-star rated for GI bleed treatment in 2012
The HealthGrades 2011 Healthcare Consumerism and Hospital Quality in America report analyzed objective mortality and complication rates across 27 different medical procedures and diagnoses, at all of the nation’s 5,000 nonfederal hospitals using 40 million hospitalization records obtained from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Data was analyzed over a three year period from 2008 through 2010.
Key findings of the HealthGrades 2011 Healthcare Consumerism and Hospital Quality in America report include:
- Patients had, on average a 73 percent lower risk of dying in a five-star rated hospital compared to a 1-star rated hospital, and a 54% lower risk of dying in a five-star rated hospital compared to the national average.
If all Medicare patients from 2008 through 2010 had been treated at five-star hospitals, 240,040 lives could have potentially been saved. - In an online survey, 42 percent of HealthGrades visitors said that they believe their chances of experiencing an unexpected death or complication is higher in some hospitals in their community compared to others.
About HealthGrades
HealthGrades is America's most trusted, independent source of physician information and hospital quality outcomes. HealthGrades online properties are the nation's leading destination for physician search and empower more than 170 million consumers annually to make informed healthcare decisions. The majority of hospitals in the United States, approximately 5,000, are rated in the annual HealthGrades study, and do not have the option to opt in or out of the research. www.healthgrades.com.
About MountainStar Healthcare
MountainStar Healthcare delivers nationally recognized patient care — when and where it’s needed. In Utah, this system includes the only satellite emergency department in the state, Lone Peak Emergency Center, as well as Brigham City Community Hospital, Ogden Regional Medical Center, Lakeview Hospital, St. Mark’s Hospital, Timpanogos Regional Hospital, Mountain View Hospital and a growing number of physician, surgery and imaging centers. For more information: www.mountainstarhealth.com
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