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Memorial Hermann Heart & Vascular Institute-Texas Medical Center In 2005, 2006 and 2007, Memorial Hermann Heart & Vascular Institute-Texas Medical Center (TMC) was the only Houston healthcare facility to be named one of the nation’s 100 top cardiovascular hospitals. The designation was awarded through the Thomson 100 Top Hospitals®: Cardiovascular Benchmarks for Success study. Memorial Hermann-TMC, which houses the institute, was one of 30 teaching hospitals with cardiovascular residency programs to be recognized. It is the primary teaching hospital of The University of Texas Medical School at Houston. Thomson, which maintains the country’s largest healthcare databases, compiles the list by objectively measuring performance on key criteria at the nation’s top acute-care hospitals. The company studies medical record information and cost data reported to Medicare for approximately 12 million patient discharges a year. The study focuses on hospitals that treat a broad spectrum of cardiology patients, including patients with heart attack, congestive heart failure, coronary angioplasty and coronary artery bypass graft surgery. The Thomson award is based on a wide set of measures, including patient outcomes, hospital efficiency, procedure volume and national treatment standards that evaluate core measures and surgical technique. The Thomson study estimated that 7000 more heart patients nationally would survive each year and 750 fewer complications would occur if all of the hospitals studied provided the same quality of care as the 100 top facilities. Benchmark Results 100 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals The Thomson 100 Top Hospitals®: Cardiovascular Benchmarks for Success study documented significant differences between the 100 top cardiovascular hospitals and the other peer institutions studied: - Survival rates at benchmark hospitals were 11.9 percent better for heart attack patients, 15 percent better for congestive heart failure patients, 17.5 percent better for angioplasty patients and 22.2 percent better for bypass patients
- Benchmark hospitals reported fewer infections and less postoperative hemorrhaging
- Average patient stay was shorter in benchmark hospitals; costs were also lower
- Benchmark hospitals performed significantly more angioplasties and bypass procedures than their peers, a critical factor for improved outcomes
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