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Quality Matters Understanding your risk Quality Matters IN ATLANTA, GA Before any surgery, understand your risks Every procedure or surgery has a risk of a negative outcome (complications Location, location, location! or death). And each individual’s risk is different. Where you live may affect your risk, based on having better (or worse) There are risk factors that you can access to high quality hospitals control and others you cannot. ONLY YOU CAN’T CONTROL of Americans have to drive % further than 5 miles to get Age to any hospital 28 * Based on 50 major markets and 6 studied procedures Gender In Atlanta, GA Medical History 100% of patients having Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) Surgery YOU CAN CONTROL have to drive more than 50 miles to get to a hospital rated as 5-stars The choice and location of your: The hospital most convenient for you may not be the best for your surgery Physician Hospital Healthgrades Risk IQ Tool can help The new Healthgrades Risk IQ Tool provides an easy way to understand Your choice matters your personal risk. The Risk IQ Tool helps you make better The truth is that patients having care decisions and select the hospital surgery in hospitals rated 5-stars will have where you are most likely to have a a lower risk of experiencing a complication successful outcome. or death than if they were treated in hospital rated as 1 star in the following 6 common surgical procedures. You may have several excellent choices nearby Expected lower rate of complications or mortality at In some cases, the highest a hospital rated 5-stars: quality hospital for your surgery may be farther from home % TOTAL HIP 72.7 REPLACEMENT* % TOTAL KNEE YOUR RISK 67.2 REPLACEMENT* LOW % CORONARY ARTERY 86.0 BYPASS GRAFT* YOUR RESULTS 10x % ‡ Reduction in 59.5 HYSTERECTOMY complications % BARIATRIC 72.1 SURGERY† % PACEMAKER 56.6 PROCEDURES* STEPS TO TAKE TO Reduce Your Risk Calculate your personal Use Healthgrades to choose a risk using Healthgrades hospital with the best outcomes Risk IQ Tool (rated 5-stars) and a doctor with the most experience in the specific procedure you need The Top Performers IN ATLANTA, GA Top performing hospitals for the following 4 common surgical procedures include: Total Hip Replacement Pacemaker Procedures* Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital Atlanta Medical Center Piedmont Hospital Emory University Hospital Northside Hospital - Forsyth Emory University Hospital Midtown Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital Total Knee Replacement Northside Hospital Wellstar Cobb Hospital Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital Tanner Medical Center - Carrollton Tanner Medical Center - Carrollton Piedmont Newton Hospital Dekalb Medical Dekalb Medical Piedmont Fayette Hospital Spalding Regional Hospital Piedmont Mountainside Hospital Piedmont Mountainside Hospital Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Emory Johns Creek Hospital Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Coronary Artery Bypass Graft* Southern Regional Medical Center Eastside Medical Center Emory University Hospital Emory University Hospital Midtown Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital Piedmont Hospital Gwinnett Medical Center - Lawrenceville Wellstar Kennestone Hospital * In this category there are no hospitals rated 5-stars in your area. Therefore, hospitals rated 3-stars are listed. How Healthgrades Measures Hospital Performance Healthgrades produces a detailed report on risk-adjusted complication and mortality rates in America’s hospitals by analyzing 3 years of data for : 4,500 32 7 Short-term, Conditions and Procedures acute care U.S. procedures using using All-Payer hospitals Medicare data state data Plus, the research this year includes an analysis of relative convenience to hospitals in general, and to hospitals demonstrating superior outcomes in 6 common procedure categories. Learn more about how Healthgrades measures hospital quality: www.healthgrades.com/quality/hospital-ratings-awards *Statistics are based on Healthgrades analysis of MedPAR data for years 2013 through 2015 and represent 3-year estimates for Medicare patients only †Statistics are based on Healthgrades analysis of All-Payer data for years 2011 through 2013 and represent 3-year estimates for patients in 13 states for which all payer data was made available ‡Statistics are based on Healthgrades analysis of All-Payer data for years 2012 through 2014 and represent 3-year estimates for patients in 17 states for which all payer data was made available.
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