North Florida Regional Medical Center
07/26/2021 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 07/26/2021 13:46
NFRMC earns 3 star rating from STS for CABG, MVRR
North Florida Regional Medical Center (NFRMC) in partnership with The Florida Heart and Lung Institute and its Cardiothoracic Surgical Program has earned a distinguished three-star rating from The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) for its patient care and outcomes in both isolated coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) procedures and isolated mitral valve replacement and repair (MVRR) surgery. The three-star rating, which denotes the highest category of quality, places NFRMC among the elite for MVRR and CABG surgery in the United States and Canada.
The STS star rating system is one of the most sophisticated and highly regarded overall measures of quality in health care, rating the benchmarked outcomes of cardiothoracic surgery programs across the United States and Canada. The star rating is calculated using a combination of quality measures for specific procedures performed by an STS Adult Cardiac Surgery Database participant.
Historically, approximately 6-10 percent of participants receive the three-star rating for isolated CABG surgery. The latest analysis of data for CABG surgery covers a 1-year period, and the MVRR a three year period, which is the second consecutive time NFRMC has achieved this prestigious quality metric.
'We are so proud that our collective team efforts have led to our program receiving this prestigious award,' said Charles Klodell, MD., Cardiothoracic Surgeon with the Florida Heart and Lung Institute. 'While we look forward to celebrating this success for our patients and team, we vow to remain vigilant and laser-focused on the quality metrics that led to this success.'
'The Society of Thoracic Surgeons congratulates STS National Database participants who have received three-star ratings,' said David M. Shahian, MD, chair of the Task Force on Quality Measurement. 'Participation in the Database and public reporting demonstrates a commitment to quality improvement in health care delivery and helps provide patients and their families with meaningful information to help them make informed decisions about health care.'
The STS National Database was established in 1989 as an initiative for quality improvement and patient safety among cardiothoracic surgeons. The Database includes four components: the Adult Cardiac Surgery Database (ACSD), the Congenital Heart Surgery Database (CHSD), the General Thoracic Surgery Database (GTSD), and the mechanical circulatory support database (Intermacs). The STS ACSD houses approximately 6.9 million surgical records and gathers information from more than 3,800 participating physicians, including surgeons and anesthesiologists from more than 90% of groups that perform heart surgery in the US. STS public reporting online enables STS ACSD participants to voluntarily report to each other and the public their heart surgery scores and star ratings.