Focus: July 6, 2010

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FOCUS Open heart surgery program receives highest quality ranking

Our three-star ranking by the Society of Thoracic Surgeons means that Christiana Care is among the top 11.7 percent in the Society’s 1,007-hospital cardiac surgery database.

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hristiana Care’s Center for Heart & Vascular Health has been awarded three stars—the highest national ranking—from The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) for 2009.

Inside Mended Hearts volunteers

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June’s Jeff Award winner

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Employee diabetes program

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Formal Magnet recognition

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Sydnor’s volunter work recognized by Alzheimer’s Association

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Look Good, Feel Better

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Avoiding heat-related illness

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The STS comprehensive rating system compares the quality of cardiac surgery among hospitals across the country. Only 11.7 percent of hospitals nationwide received this year’s STS three-star rating. Christiana Care is one of 1,007 participants in the STS cardiac surgery database.

nation,” says Timothy Gardner, M.D., medical director and past president of the American Heart Association. “The three-star rating from STS is widely regarded by clinicians as the gold standard by which to evaluate cardiac surgery programs.”

“Achieving the best outcomes for cardiac surgery patients requires real coordination among team members so that patients can move seamlessly through the care process," says Michael Banbury, M.D., the W. Samuel “Our patients and community deserve Carpenter III Distinguished Chair of Cardiovascular Surgery at Christiana the best, and STS’s highest national Care. “It is evident by this great award ranking clearly places Christiana that everyone here is focused on cliniCare’s Center for Heart & Vascular Health among the top programs in the cal quality and outcomes.” STS developed this comprehensive SEE

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