Outcomes.
It really does matter where you go for heart care. St.Vincent Heart Center of Indiana is the only hospital to be named Best Heart Care in Indiana five years in a row (2006-2010) by HealthGrades, an independent national healthcare ratings company. That ranks us among the very best in the United States. Period.
HealthGrades.
St.Vincent Heart Center of Indiana has been named number-one in Indiana for Overall Heart Care for five years in a row (2006 – 2010) by HealthGrades, America’s leading healthcare ratings company. St.Vincent Heart Center is the only hospital in a 14-state region (Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Michigan, Iowa, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Wisconsin, and Minnesota) to receive a number-one ranking for Overall Heart Care five consecutive years.
St.Vincent Heart Center of Indiana’s 106th and North Meridian location is one of only six hospitals in the nation to be ranked number-one in all four categories of heart care measured by HealthGrades: Cardiac Surgery, Cardiology Services, Coronary Interventional Procedures and Overall Heart CAre. This location is:
- Ranked number-one in Indiana for Overall Heart Care Five Years in a Row (2006 – 2010).
- Ranked number-one in Indiana for Cardiology Services Five Years in a Row (2006 – 2010).
- Ranked number-one in Indiana for Coronary Interventional Procedures Five Years in a Row (2006 – 2010).
In addition, St.Vincent Heart Center’s two locations were ranked first and second for overall heart care in Indiana. Our two locations were:
- The top two hospitals in Indiana for Overall Heart Care.
- The top two hospitals in Indiana for Cardiology.
- The top two hospitals in Indiana for Coronary Interventional Procedures.
- The only two hospitals in Indiana to be ranked among the top 5 percent in the nation for Cardiology for 2010.
HealthGrades provides objective information based strictly on risk-adjusted outcomes, such as mortality and major complications. In developing its 2009 healthcare quality ratings, HealthGrades analyzed more than 41 million Medicare hospitalization records from 2005 to 2007 at the nation’s approximately 5,000 non-federal hospitals.
HealthGrades found that patients have on average a 70 percent lower chance of dying at the nation’s top-rated hospitals compared with the lowest-rated hospitals. Find out more here.