Quality MattersUnderstanding your risk
IN SALT LAKE CITY, UT
Your choice matters
The truth is that patients having surgery in hospitals rated 5-stars will have a lower risk of experiencing a complication
or death than if they were treated in hospital rated as 1 star in the following
6 common surgical procedures.
72.1%
86.0%
59.5%
56.6%
72.7%
67.2%
BARIATRIC SURGERY†
CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT*
HYSTERECTOMY‡
PACEMAKER PROCEDURES*
TOTAL HIP REPLACEMENT*
TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT*
YOU CAN CONTROL
YOU CAN’T CONTROL
Where you live may affect your risk, based on having better (or worse)
access to high quality hospitals
The hospital most convenient for you may not be the best for your surgery
Location, location, location!Every procedure or surgery has a risk of a negative outcome (complications or death). And each individual’s risk is different.
There are risk factors that you cancontrol and others you cannot.
Age
Gender
Medical History
Physician
Hospital
Before any surgery, understand your risks
Healthgrades Risk IQ Tool can help
The choice and location of your:
The new Healthgrades Risk IQ Tool provides an easy way to understand your personal risk.
The Risk IQ Tool helps you make better care decisions and select the hospital where you are most likely to have a successful outcome.
Reduction in complications
10x
LOW
You may have several excellent choices nearby
In some cases, the highest quality hospital for your surgery may be farther from home
In Salt Lake City, UT 100% of patients having Coronary
Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) Surgery have to drive more than 50 miles to
get to a hospital rated as 5-stars
Reduce Your Risk
STEPS TO TAKE TO
Use Healthgrades to choose a hospital with the best outcomes
(rated 5-stars) and a doctor with the most experience in the specific
procedure you need
Calculate your personal risk using Healthgrades
Risk IQ Tool
The Top PerformersIN SALT LAKE CITY, UT
Healthgrades produces a detailed report on risk-adjusted complication and mortality rates in America’s hospitals by analyzing 3 years of data for :
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.
How Healthgrades Measures Hospital Performance
4,500 32 7Short-term,
acute care U.S. hospitals
Conditions and procedures using
Medicare data
Procedures using All-Payer
state data
*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
Learn more about how Healthgrades measures hospital quality: www.healthgrades.com/quality/hospital-ratings-awards
YOUR RISK
YOUR RESULTS
Expected lower rate ofcomplications or mortality at
a hospital rated 5-stars:
Top performing hospitals for the following 5 common surgical procedures include:
* In this category there are no hospitals rated 5-stars in your area. Therefore, hospitals rated 3-stars are listed.
Total Hip ReplacementLDS HospitalUniversity of Utah Health Care
Intermountain Medical CenterSt. Mark's HospitalJordan Valley Medical Center
Pacemaker Procedures* Coronary Artery Bypass Graft*Intermountain Medical CenterSalt Lake Regional Medical CenterSt. Mark's HospitalUniversity of Utah Health Care
Total Knee ReplacementLDS HospitalSalt Lake Regional Medical CenterSt. Mark's Hospital
Bariatric Surgery*LDS HospitalSt. Mark's HospitalUniversity of Utah Health Care
of Americans have to drive further than 5 miles to getto any hospital* Based on 50 major markets and 6 studied procedures
28%ONLY