December 12, 2006

U-M Cardiovascular Center again named one of the 100 best in the nation

ANN ARBOR, MI – For the second straight year, the University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center has been named one of the nation’s 100 best centers for heart and vascular care.

The Solucient 100 Top Hospitals: Cardiovascular Benchmarks for Success list for 2006 salutes centers that give patients the best-quality and highest-value care. U-M was one of only 30 hospitals with cardiovascular residencies to make the winners list.

The winning hospitals were selected for their success in preventing deaths and complications, on the number and quality of operations and procedures they perform, on their success at providing key tests and treatments, on how quickly patients are able to return home, and on cost-related measures. The ratings are based on public data from the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

In addition to making the list, the U-M CVC surpassed the average of its 30 peer hospitals in six of the categories – including the risk of death for heart attack, heart failure, bypass surgery and angioplasty patients. That achievement means U-M had some of the lowest risk-adjusted mortality rates in the nation for those patients.

The U-M Cardiovascular Center was founded in September 2000 to bring together all of the heart and vascular diagnosis, treatment, education and research resources of the University of Michigan Health System. The CVC’s hundreds of doctors, nurses and other staff currently serve patients in U-M hospitals and outpatient locations, and offer access to cutting-edge treatments through numerous research programs.

In June, 2007, a new six-story building will open in the heart of the U-M medical campus to provide a single home for much of the Center’s clinical care. It will include eight operating rooms, twelve suites for minimally invasive procedures, 48 inpatient beds include 24 intensive-care beds, a number of outpatient clinics and many amenities. Its entrance will become the “front door” for cardiovascular care at U-M.

But even while that building is constructed, U-M Cardiovascular Center members are constantly seeking new ways to improve heart and vascular care for U-M patients and the entire nation. U-M doctors are leading several statewide efforts to improve the quality of heart attack care, heart failure care, heart surgery, angioplasty and peripheral arterial disease care at numerous Michigan hospitals, and to publish results of those efforts so that doctors and hospitals nationwide can learn from them.

In addition to the Solucient Top 100 cardiovascular center rating, the U-M is ranked 22nd in the nation in adult heart and heart surgery care by U.S. News & World Report magazine, and 7th in the nation in children’s heart care by Child magazine. For information on the U-M Cardiovascular Center, visit www.med.umich.edu/cvc, or call the toll-free patient line at 1-888-287-1082.

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