Great River Medical Center is one of 258 hospitals nationwide to receive
Healthgrades’ Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence
for 2017. Only two other Iowa hospitals were selected – St. Lukes’
Hospital and Mercy Medical Center, both in Cedar Rapids.
According to Healthgrades, these hospitals are among the top 5 percent
in the nation that deliver high-quality care across at least 21 of 32
common inpatient conditions and procedures. Healthgrades is a comprehensive
online resource for information about physicians and hospitals.
During the 2017 study period (inpatient stays from 2013 to 2015), Healthgrades
Distinguished Hospitals for Clinical Excellence, as a group, had a 26.2
percent lower risk adjusted in-hospital mortality rate across 19 procedures
and conditions where mortality was the clinical outcome, compared to all
other hospitals.
During this same period, if all other hospitals performed at the level
of Distinguished Hospitals for Clinical Excellence across these 19 procedures
and conditions, 160,322 lives could have been saved.
Healthgrades compared hospitals receiving the Distinguished Hospital Award
for Clinical Excellence, as a group, to those that did not receive the
award as a group. Healthgrades found that compared to non-recipient hospitals,
patients treated in hospitals receiving the award had, on average, a lower
risk of dying for these common inpatient conditions and procedures:
- 22.5 percent lower risk of dying of a heart attack
- 30.5 percent lower risk of dying of heart failure
- 36.7 percent lower risk of dying of pneumonia
- 25.0 percent lower risk of dying of stroke
- 25.1 percent lower risk of dying of sepsis
- 24.4 percent lower risk of dying of respiratory failure
“We are very proud of this award recognizing Great River Medical
Center for providing outstanding quality and significantly lower mortality
rates compared to hospitals across the country,” said Mark Richardson,
president and CEO. “It truly reflects the team efforts of more than
2,350 staff, physicians, nurses and technologists who are committed to
providing the highest quality, the highest patient satisfaction and, ultimately,
great outcomes for our patients.”