STHS named among top 10% in nation for hospital care
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Nov. 30, 2020
COVINGTON, La. -- St. Tammany Health System has been recognized for overall excellence and patient safety in areas including overall hospital care, overall medical care, cardiac care and interventional carotid care by CareChex.
The recognitions put the health system in the top 10% hospitals in the nation in each of those areas, reinforcing its position as among the region’s premiere destinations for heart and general hospital care.
Following are the areas in which CareChex recognized STHS for 2021:
The recognitions from CareChex, an information service of Quantros Inc., are based on a comprehensive quality score system that compares inpatient quality performance across general, acute and non-federal U.S. hospitals.
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About Quantros CareChex CareChex Awards by Quantros utilizes a peer-reviewed risk-adjustment methodology to more reliably measure rates of mortality, complications and readmissions — appropriately weighting and accounting for all of the risk factors relating to a patient’s principal and secondary diagnosis, as well as other patient characteristics that may increase the probability for adverse clinical outcomes. These rankings do not include any self-reported data. Quantros prides itself in providing the most comprehensive and objective calculation of hospital and system quality performance in the industry. Our vast datasets represent high statistical significance and do not include any self-reported or survey data. In turn, creating clearer performance differentiation across 39 clinical categories of care in Medical Excellence and Patient Safety. For access to provider quality ratings, visit www.CareChex.com.