The Sutter Delta Blog http://sutterdeltamedicalcenter.posterous.com on Posterous posterous.com Sat, 21 Aug 2010 07:00:00 -0700 One of Contra Costa County's Busiest Emergency Departments Rankedin the Nation's Top 5 Percent http://sutterdeltamedicalcenter.posterous.com/one-of-contra-costa-countys-busiest-emergency http://sutterdeltamedicalcenter.posterous.com/one-of-contra-costa-countys-busiest-emergency

Antioch, Calif.— Sutter Delta Medical Center, which operates one of the busiest Emergency Departments in the East Bay, ranks among the nation’s best in treating patients with heart attacks, stroke, sepsis and more, according to an independent healthcare rating organization.

Sutter Delta received the 2010 Emergency Medicine Excellence Award™ from HealthGrades®, which studied emergency medicine in 4,970 hospitals across the nation, and as a group, Sutter Delta and the other award recipients had a 39% lower mortality rate for the 11 conditions studied.

 “We are very proud of our physicians, nurses and support staff,” said Sutter Delta CEO Gary Rapaport. “They work day in and day out to provide our patients the highest quality health care. This award is a direct result of their commitment to superior patient care from ED visits to hospital admissions and all the way through discharge.”

The study examined 5 million Medicare patients who were admitted to an emergency department with any of the 11 most critical diagnoses, which include heart attack, pulmonary embolisms, diabetic emergencies, respiratory failure, strokes, gastrointestinal bleeding, sepsis and pneumonia. And it followed patients admitted to the hospital from the ED.

“The HealthGrades study wasn’t limited to our Emergency Department,” said Brion Pearson, M.D., Vice president of Medical Affairs at Sutter Delta. “Since it followed patients admitted to the hospital from the ED the ranking also speaks to the quality of care received by our patients throughout the entire hospital.”

According to the HealthGrades study, hospitals receiving the Emergency Medicine Excellence Award averaged a 38.97 percent lower risk-adjusted mortality rate than other hospitals. That means if all hospitals emulated Sutter Delta, 118,014 people could have potentially survived their emergency hospitalization over the three-year study period.

 

“With the CDC showing that 50 percent of hospital admissions are now beginning with hospital emergency rooms, it’s more important than ever for hospitals to reach the level of excellence achieved by those in the top five percent of this study,” said Rick May, M.D., a vice president with HealthGrades and co-author of the study. “Those living in a community with a top five percent hospital in emergency medicine should feel extremely confident that, should an emergency arise, they will receive top-notch care.”

To schedule interviews and a media tour of ED and hospital please contact 925-303-6104.

 

Sutter Delta Medical Center is located in Antioch, Calif. and has been serving east Contra Costa County’s communities since 1967. It has more than 800 employees and more than 250 physicians on staff. Sutter Delta’s services include 24-hour emergency care, a family birthing/women’s health center and advanced cardiovascular care.

Sutter Delta Medical Center is a proud member of the Sutter Health network of doctors, not-for-profit hospitals and other health care service providers.

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