Lankenau Medical Center, a part of Main Line Health, recently earned an above average rating from Consumer Reports for heart bypass surgery in the publication’s national “Where should you go for heart surgery?” report, featuring ratings of more than 400 hospitals in the country. LMC was one of only six hospitals in Pennsylvania, and the only one in the Philadelphia region, to earn a top score (above average) in heart bypass surgery.
“I am extremely proud of our physicians and clinical staff for working so diligently to achieve this national recognition,” says Phil Robinson, President, Lankenau Medical Center. “This honor demonstrates the superior patient outcomes we deliver through the Lankenau Heart Institute and at the Heart Pavilion at Lankenau Medical Center. It confirms that Lankenau is a true leader in the region for cardiovascular care.”
Consumer Reports, which tests and rates products and services, provides hospital ratings to help the public compare hospitals based on patient safety scores as well as individual measures relating to patient experience, patient outcomes and certain hospital practices.
Consumer Reports’ bypass surgery ratings reflect a hospital’s
performance in isolated coronary artery bypass graft surgery, including
the open-heart approach and less invasive versions. Overall score is a
composite of four measures:
• Survival – percentage of patients who leave the
hospital and survive at least 30 days after surgery
• Complications – percentage of patients who avoid the
most serious complications, including needing a second operation,
developing a deep chest infection, suffering a stroke or kidney failure,
and requiring prolonged ventilation
• Best surgical technique – percentage of patients who
receive at least one graft from an internal mammary artery, located
under the breastbone, which improves survival
• Right drugs – percentage of patients who receive
beta-blockers before and after surgery to control blood pressure and
heart rhythm, aspirin to prevent blood clots, and a drug after surgery
to lower LDL (bad) cholesterol
For information about programs and services offered at Lankenau Medical Center and across Main Line Health, please visit mainlinehealth.org or call 1.866.CALL.MLH. For Consumer Reports’ complete hospital ratings, subscribers can visit consumerreports.org/hospitalratings.