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About Us: Quality
Life-Saving Care
Many patients admitted to Stanford Health Care are very sick with complicated medical conditions that decrease their chances for survival. The following death (mortality) rates are estimates of deaths in the 30 days after either entering the hospital for a specific condition or after having a coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. Deaths can be for any reason, can occur in the hospital, or can happen after discharge. The death rates consider how sick patients were before they were admitted to the hospital and adjust for that.
This information is important because one way to tell if a hospital is doing a good job is to see if the death rate at the hospital is better than, the same as, or worse than the U.S. national average. Lower numbers are better.
Patients included: Only Medicare patients are included in these calculations.
Timeframe: July 2013 to June 2016
1
Specific condition or surgery type |
1
Stanford Health Care death rate |
1
Average death rate of all hospitals in the nation |
1
Statistically better, same, or worse |
---|---|---|---|
1
Heart attack |
1
12.6% |
1
13.6% |
1
Same |
1
Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) |
1
2.8% |
1
3.3% |
1
Same |
1
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) |
1
7.0% |
1
8.1% |
1
Same |
1
Heart failure |
1
9.8% |
1
12.0% |
1
Same |
1
Pneumonia |
1
14.1% |
1
16.0% |
1
Same |
1
Acute ischemic stroke |
1
15.9% |
1
14.6% |
1
Same |
Although statistically the same, Stanford Health Care Medicare patients experience a lower death rate (better performance) than the national average in five of the six conditions listed above. Acute ischemic stroke is the only condition with a higher death rate, although still statistically the same as the national rate.
What is Stanford Health Care doing to continuously improve the care of our stroke patients?
Stanford Health Care uses a coordinated approach and many specialists like vascular neurology, neurocritical care, neurosurgery, interventional neuroradiology, rehabilitation, social work, pharmacy, and nutrition to provide the best care possible for every patient every time. That care was reviewed and, in 2012, Stanford Health Care received the first ever Advanced Comprehensive Stroke Center designation in the county, shortly after it was launched by The Joint Commission. It was recertified in 2014 and 2016 (this is a two-year certification) and continues to be the leader in treating and caring for the most-complex stroke patients.
For more information about what we are doing to improve the care of our stroke patients, please visit our Stroke Center page.
For further details about these and other measures, please visit Medicare.gov | Hospital Compare but keep in mind that there are other important factors to consider as you measure quality or are choosing a hospital. Some of those other factors for your consideration can be found here.