WAUWATOSA, WI (May 2, 2024) ─ Froedtert Hospital was named one of the nation’s 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals™ , according to an independent quality analysis based on a balanced scorecard provided by PINC AI™, the technology and services brand of Premier, Inc. (NASDAQ: PINC), and reported by Fortune.
Froedtert Hospital ranked 4th among teaching hospitals with cardiovascular residency programs and was the only hospital in Wisconsin to make the list.
To create the list, an objective, quantitative analysis of publicly available data was conducted to identify the top cardiovascular hospitals in the United States. The primary purpose of the PINC AI™ 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals™ program is to inspire hospital and health system leaders to pursue higher performance and deliver added value to patients and communities. Organizations do not apply to participate in the study, and award winners do not pay to market their honor.
“Being recognized by Fortune and PINC AI™ as one of the 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals is a testament to our team’s dedication to improving cardiovascular care for patients throughout our region,” said Jorge Saucedo, MD, director of Heart and Vascular services for the Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin health network and division chief of Cardiology at the Medical College of Wisconsin.
“Through collaborative team efforts and a consistent focus on quality, we are raising the bar for cardiovascular care in Wisconsin. We are honored to be recognized as a top performer by an organization that uses objective, quantitative analysis of publicly available data to identify the top cardiovascular hospitals in the United States.”
Compared to peer hospitals, those in the 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals™ operated at lower cost and had better outcomes, recording significantly higher inpatient survival rates, fewer patients with complications, lower readmission rates and up to nearly $10,000 less in total costs per patient case.
These outcomes add up to meaningful differences. According to the study’s analysis, if all hospitals operated at the level of this year’s top performers, there could be 7,600 fewer deaths due to heart disease, 6,700 fewer bypass and angioplasty patients who suffer complications, and more than $1 billion in inpatient costs could have been saved for the 2024 study year.
“Hospital and health system leaders are focused on raising the quality and value of cardiovascular care,” said Leigh Anderson, Premier’s Chief Operating Officer and the leader of PINC AI™. “A selection as one of the 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals™ is a great honor and demonstrates the importance of hospitals tackling cardiovascular disease – one of America’s leading causes of death. As one of the 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals™, Froedtert Hospital has achieved high-quality cardiovascular care that has directly led to significantly improved patient outcomes, with fewer readmissions and complications.”
About the Study
The PINC AI™ 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals™ program focuses on short-term, acute care, nonfederal U.S. hospitals that treat a broad spectrum of cardiology patients. It includes patients requiring medical management, as well as those who receive invasive or surgical procedures. Because multiple measures are used, a hospital must provide all forms of cardiovascular care, including open heart surgery, to be included in the study. Each patient group is mutually exclusive by design.
Eligible hospitals are ranked for performance across four measurement grouping areas, including: acute myocardial infarction performance, heart failure performance, coronary artery bypass graft performance, and percutaneous coronary intervention performance.
Final rank is determined based on performance for all individual measures. Hospitals are ranked within three separate peer groups: teaching hospitals with cardiovascular residency programs (20 top performing facilities), teaching hospitals without cardiovascular residency programs (20 top performing facilities) and community hospitals (10 top performing facilities).
