Englewood Hospital Recognized for Excellence in Cardiac Care
Englewood, NJ (December 2, 2009) - Englewood Hospital and Medical Center has been recognized as a top cardiac care hospital, ranked #2 in the state of New Jersey, by CareChex®, a division of The Delta Group, a leading healthcare information services and consulting company. The Delta Group recognized Englewood Hospital in its CareChex 2009 release of America's Top Quality Hospitals.
Englewood Hospital was awarded the highest quality rating in the cardiac care clinical category. This includes recognition for medical excellence in treating medical conditions such as heart attack, heart failure, chest pain, and atherosclerosis and non-major surgeries such as angioplasty, stents, and pacemaker implants performed in the inpatient setting.
Dr. Thane Forthman, managing principal at The Delta Group commented, "Englewood's clinical quality in cardiac care is among the top 10% in the state of New Jersey. To achieve this status, Englewood had to meet rigorous clinical standards across measures of mortality, complications, inpatient quality, patient safety, and process of care. We are pleased to recognize Englewood's exceptional quality performance."
"We are honored to continue to receive recognition from independent ratings companies like CareChex for providing our patients the highest level of quality care," said Douglas Duchak, Englewood Hospital and Medical Center president and chief executive officer. "Our caregivers are dedicated to providing this level of care to every patient."
"Our cardiac patients receive extraordinary treatment from a team of exceptional cardiology experts," said Richard Goldweit, MD, FACC, Chief of Cardiology and Director of Interventional Cardiology for Englewood Hospital and Medical Center. "Our cardiac program is consistently ranked among the state's and country's best because the team is so dedicated to top-notch patient care and outcomes."
The CareChex® award is one of many cardiac excellence achievements and recognitions earned by the hospital. Englewood Hospital was recognized among the top three hospitals in the U.S. for the lowest heart attack mortality rate, according to statistics from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released in 2009. The data showed that heart attack patients with Medicare coverage who received treatment at Englewood Hospital had a better chance of surviving over a 30-day period than those treated at any other hospital in New Jersey. According to the data, Englewood Hospital's 30-day mortality rate for heart attack patients was 12.4 percent-significantly better than the national average of 16.1 percent cited by the CMS study. Additionally, the Medical Center has been the only hospital in New Jersey year after year with a 0.00% mortality rate for coronary bypass surgery as defined by the Department of Health and Senior Services Cardiac Surgery in NJ report. These results have been accomplished with one of the lowest average lengths of stay in the state, another measure of the quality outcomes achieved by the hospital.
About Englewood Hospital and Medical Center
Englewood Hospital and Medical Center provides patients with the highest level of compassionate care through a broad range of state-of-the-art clinical programs and the most advanced treatments and diagnostic services. It is renowned for its bloodless medicine and surgery program, cardiac and vascular programs and its leadership in breast care, oncology and joint replacement services. Through its affiliation with the Mount Sinai School of Medicine and the Mount Sinai Consortium for Graduate Medical Education, this thriving, acute-care and community teaching hospital trains medical residents in a variety of disciplines, including surgery, pediatrics, podiatry, pathology and critical care medicine. Englewood Hospital is home to a Vascular Fellowship Program that has trained a generation of world-class vascular surgeons. Additionally, many members of the medical staff at Englewood Hospital serve as faculty members at Mount Sinai. Englewood Hospital has earned numerous accreditations from the Joint Commission and other organizations and is among the four percent of hospitals nationwide honored with the prestigious Magnet nursing award, a distinction that has been earned twice by its nursing staff. To learn more, visit http://www.englewoodhospital.com.
About CareChex® and The Delta Group
CareChex® is a hospital quality rating service of The Delta Group - a national healthcare information services company that provides clinical, financial, and patient satisfaction findings to consumers, providers, and purchasers of U.S. medical care. Unlike other publicly available hospital quality ratings, CareChex provides a comprehensive evaluation of all components of medical quality including process of care, outcomes of care, and patient satisfaction. For more information, go online to www.carechex.com.