Saint Agnes rated among the top hospitals in the nation

We’re kicking off 2021 right! Our 2021 Healthgrades awards prove once again that Saint Agnes is a leading hospital in the nation in the areas of patient safety and spine and gallbladder surgeries. With safety being of one of Saint Agnes' core values and a top priority, we are excited to be recognized for the third year in a row with the 2021 Patient Safety Excellence Award, plus named one of Healthgrades America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Spine Surgery for 10 years in a row.

Healthgrades awards for 2021:

• Recipient of the Healthgrades Patient Safety Excellence award for three years in a row (2019-2021).
• Named Healthgrades America’s 100 Best Spine Surgery for 10 years in a row (2012-2021).
• Recipient of the Healthgrades Spine Surgery Excellence Award for 10 Years in a Row (2012-2021).
• Five-Star Recipient for Back Surgery 4 Years in a Row (2018-2021)
• Five-Star Recipient for Spinal Fusion Surgery for 10 Years in a Row (2012-2021)
• Five-Star Recipient for Gallbladder Removal Surgery for three years in a row (2019-2021).

Our Patient Safety distinction places Saint Agnes among the top 5-10% of all short-term acute care hospitals reporting patient safety data as evaluated by Healthgrades, the leading marketplace connecting patients and providers.

From 2017 through 2019, there were 190,273 potentially preventable patient safety events among Medicare patients in U.S. hospitals.* And, if all hospitals, as a group, performed similarly to hospitals performing better than expected on each of 13 Patient Safety Indicators (PSIs) evaluated by Healthgrades, on average, 106,052 patient safety events could have been avoided.*

During this time frame, four patient safety indicators accounted for 72% of all patient safety events (collapsed lung, hip fracture due to an in-hospital fall, pressure or bed sores and catheter-related bloodstream infections). Healthgrades found that patients treated in hospitals receiving the Healthgrades 2021 Patient Safety Excellence Award were, on average*:

• 3% less likely to experience a collapsed lung due to a procedure or surgery in or around the chest, than patients treated at non-recipient hospitals.*
• 3% less likely to experience an in-hospital fall resulting in hip fracture, than patients treated at non-recipient hospitals.*
• 5% less likely to experience pressure sores or bed sores acquired in the hospital, than patients treated at non-recipient hospitals.*
• 4% less likely to experience catheter-related bloodstream infections acquired in the hospital, than patients treated at non- recipient hospitals.

*Statistics are calculated from Healthgrades Patient Safety Ratings and Excellence Award methodology which is based primarily on AHRQ technical specifications (Version 2020.0.1) to MedPAR data for years 2017 through 2019 and represent three-year estimates for Medicare patients only.