Two newly released state Department of Health reports rank five Northwell Health hospitals as among the state’s best for cardiac surgery and percutaneous coronary interventions, a non-surgical procedure used to treat narrowing of the heart’s coronary arteries, and cited several of its physicians for superior outcomes from 2016-2018.
Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan, South Shore University Hospital in Bay Shore, and the Sandra Atlas Bass Heart Hospital at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset were rated among the state’s best outcomes for certain types of open-heart surgery while the SABHH at NSUH and LHH also were recognized for superior survival rates for PCI cases.
Long Island Jewish Medical Center was ranked for superior outcomes for emergency PCI. These hospitals all earned the prestigious double-star asterisk for statistically superior outcomes as reported by the DOH.
Lenox Hill Hospital was the only New York City hospital with significantly better risk-adjusted outcomes for valve or valve with coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery, the repair or replacement of heart valves and for those in need of surgeries for both valve and CABG surgery, according to DOH data.
Its statistical analysis of risk-adjusted outcomes for adult cardiac surgery took place during the full three-year reporting period from 2016-2018.
South Shore was the only hospital on Long Island to achieve a similar success rate in the same surgical category. Just two other hospitals statewide also earned the double asterisk for superior outcomes in this category.
The cardiac surgery report also showed that LHH, SABHH at NSUH, and SSUH were among four hospitals across the state to receive double-star rankings for superior outcomes in isolated CABG for 2016-2018 discharges, meaning that all three of these Northwell Health hospitals had mortality rates significantly less than the statewide average of 1.58 percent.
In addition, Lenox Hill and South Shore were among five hospitals statewide to earn the double asterisk for significantly better outcomes in isolated CABG or valve or valve/CABG surgery.
“The outcomes of our cardiothoracic and cardiology teams have been validated as superior by the state’s department of health and found to be statistically significantly better than most other programs in New York State,” said DR. Alan Hartman, senior vice president and executive director of cardiothoracic surgery at Northwell Health. “As a health system, we are truly unique in reproducing high-quality patient outcomes at different hospitals across the region. Our deliberate and extraordinary commitment to collaborate, communicate and share best practices with all cardiac teams produces excellent patient outcomes, supported by the expertise of our health care staff and the advanced hospital infrastructure systemwide.”
