The following is our data from the most recent STS report. The STS (Society of Thoracic Surgeons) is the national registry that open heart programs benchmark against for outcomes. In addition the data we submit to the State of California comes from the STS registry. Bottom line - the STS is the gold standard.
CCORP data released in June 2007 this year shows St. Joseph Hospital .92 mortality rate compared to the average mortality rate in California of 3.08% and 2.4% Nationally
Looking at our most recent report - CY04, CY05 and first 6 months of CY06 the mortality rate at SJH for ALL patients have a valve replaced, repaired with or without other surgery for this time period is 2.5% compared against database 5%...obviously our data is much better. In addition the STS does a break down comparing our outcomes against our region which is the state of California.
For the first half of 2006 this is how SJH stacks up against all other open heart programs in the state:
Aortic Valve Replacement
Mortality SJH = 0% Calif = 3.4%
Major complications SJH = 0% Calif = 17.9%
Length of stay SJH = 7.7 Calif 9.8 days
Aortic Valve Replacement with CABG
Mortality SJH = 0% Calif = 5.3%
Major complications SJH = 0% Calif = 26.6%
Length of stay SJH = 9.0 Calif = 12 days
Mitral Valve Replacement
Mortality SJH = 0% Calif = 5.8%
Major complications SJH = 0% Calif = 35.1%
Length of stay SJH = 10 Calif = 12 days
Mitral Valve Repair
Mortality SJH = 0% Calif = 0.9%
Major complications SJH = 0 Calif 10.2%
Length of stay SJH = 4.7 Calif = 8.6 days
Mitral Valve Repair with CABG
Mortality SJH = 0% Calif = 7.1%
Major complications SJH = 0 Calif 31.5%
Length of stay SJH = 5 Calif = 14.3 days