Hackensack University Medical Center Maternity Care Ranked Top 10% Nationally
By Mel Fabrikant Friday, July 02, 2010, 09:47 AM EDT
HealthGrades Study Examined Maternal Complication Rates and Neonatal Mortality Rates at Hospitals in 19 States
An independent study issued today by HealthGrades ranks Hackensack University Medical Center (HUMC) among the top 10 percent in the nation for maternity care, the hospital announced today. Using objective patient-outcome data collected from state governments, the independent ratings organization ranked hospitals based on their maternal complication rates for vaginal and C-section deliveries as well as neonatal mortality rates.
According to the study, HUMC ranks in the top 10 percent of all hospitals studied and is a recipient of the HealthGrades 2010/2011 Maternity Care Excellence Award™.
“Our commitment to providing the highest quality, safe care remains our number one priority,” said Robert C. Garrett, president and chief executive officer of Hackensack University Medical Center. “Studies such as this one continue to illustrate the importance of choosing a hospital that focuses on superior patient outcomes. I want to congratulate the entire team for its extraordinary efforts which are a testament to our extraordinary results,” he added.
In 2009, more than 6,000 babies were delivered at Hackensack University Medical Center’s Donna A. Sanzari Women’s Hospital.
The Donna A. Sanzari Women’s Hospital offers comprehensive obstetric services for all women. There are more than 80 highly experienced physicians who provide prenatal and post-natal care for thousands of pregnant women each year.
The women’s hospital is part of the 300,000- square-foot Sarkis and Siran Gabrellian Women’s and Children’s Pavilion, which also houses the Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital. The pavilion was carefully planned and developed to provide superior patient satisfaction and services within an environmentally healthy facility. The Donna A. Sanzari Women’s Hospital comprises the following:
• 14 private labor, delivery, and recovery (LDR) rooms
• two traditional labor rooms for women carrying babies who will be born prematurely
• three delivery rooms and four recovery rooms for cesarean-section deliveries and premature deliveries
• six triage beds and a separate triage area to assess pregnant women
• 50 private mother-baby rooms
• newborn nurseries that overlook the family waiting area
• an antepartum inpatient unit with 15 private rooms for women carrying high-risk pregnancies
• the Maternal-Fetal Medicine Perinatal Diagnostic Unit
The adjacent Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital contains the neonatal intensive care nursery (NICU) for newborns needing specialized care. The NICU contains 20 intensive care beds, 20 intermediate beds, 10 chronic beds for babies who are very premature and have chronic problems, and two transitional rooms for babies ready to go home, where their parents can stay for a few days before discharge and learn about their care. The children’s hospital also contains the pediatrics unit and the pediatric intensive care nursery.
The study, which ranked hospitals as well as tracked trends in maternity care, found that top-rated hospitals had fewer complications than low-rated hospitals. Mothers at top-rated hospitals had, on average, 51% fewer complications for vaginal deliveries and 74% fewer complications for C-sections compared with poorly rated hospitals.
The study was conducted independently by HealthGrades and included all hospitals in the 19 states that provide data for analysis. The records of more than 1,500 hospitals were examined.
“Objective data shows that hospitals can vary in terms of complication rates and neonatal mortality rates,” said Rick May, MD, a vice president with HealthGrades and co-author of the study. “The hospitals in the top 10% in the nation for maternity care should be proud not only of the outstanding care they deliver, but also for the quality benchmarks they are setting for other hospitals to follow.”
HUMC has been named one of America’s 50 Best Hospitals by HealthGrades for each of the past four years.
For this analysis by HealthGrades, hospitals were evaluated using the following criteria:
• Maternal complication rate among women undergoing single live-born vaginal or C-section deliveries
• Maternal complication rate among women undergoing “patient-choice” or non-clinically indicated C-sections
• Newborn volume adjusted for low birth weight
• Newborn mortality rate stratified into eight birth weight categories
The full HealthGrades Maternity Care study, along with its methodology, can be downloaded at www.healthgrades.com .
An independent study issued today by HealthGrades ranks Hackensack University Medical Center (HUMC) among the top 10 percent in the nation for maternity care, the hospital announced today. Using objective patient-outcome data collected from state governments, the independent ratings organization ranked hospitals based on their maternal complication rates for vaginal and C-section deliveries as well as neonatal mortality rates.
According to the study, HUMC ranks in the top 10 percent of all hospitals studied and is a recipient of the HealthGrades 2010/2011 Maternity Care Excellence Award™.
“Our commitment to providing the highest quality, safe care remains our number one priority,” said Robert C. Garrett, president and chief executive officer of Hackensack University Medical Center. “Studies such as this one continue to illustrate the importance of choosing a hospital that focuses on superior patient outcomes. I want to congratulate the entire team for its extraordinary efforts which are a testament to our extraordinary results,” he added.
In 2009, more than 6,000 babies were delivered at Hackensack University Medical Center’s Donna A. Sanzari Women’s Hospital.
The Donna A. Sanzari Women’s Hospital offers comprehensive obstetric services for all women. There are more than 80 highly experienced physicians who provide prenatal and post-natal care for thousands of pregnant women each year.
The women’s hospital is part of the 300,000- square-foot Sarkis and Siran Gabrellian Women’s and Children’s Pavilion, which also houses the Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital. The pavilion was carefully planned and developed to provide superior patient satisfaction and services within an environmentally healthy facility. The Donna A. Sanzari Women’s Hospital comprises the following:
• 14 private labor, delivery, and recovery (LDR) rooms
• two traditional labor rooms for women carrying babies who will be born prematurely
• three delivery rooms and four recovery rooms for cesarean-section deliveries and premature deliveries
• six triage beds and a separate triage area to assess pregnant women
• 50 private mother-baby rooms
• newborn nurseries that overlook the family waiting area
• an antepartum inpatient unit with 15 private rooms for women carrying high-risk pregnancies
• the Maternal-Fetal Medicine Perinatal Diagnostic Unit
The adjacent Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital contains the neonatal intensive care nursery (NICU) for newborns needing specialized care. The NICU contains 20 intensive care beds, 20 intermediate beds, 10 chronic beds for babies who are very premature and have chronic problems, and two transitional rooms for babies ready to go home, where their parents can stay for a few days before discharge and learn about their care. The children’s hospital also contains the pediatrics unit and the pediatric intensive care nursery.
The study, which ranked hospitals as well as tracked trends in maternity care, found that top-rated hospitals had fewer complications than low-rated hospitals. Mothers at top-rated hospitals had, on average, 51% fewer complications for vaginal deliveries and 74% fewer complications for C-sections compared with poorly rated hospitals.
The study was conducted independently by HealthGrades and included all hospitals in the 19 states that provide data for analysis. The records of more than 1,500 hospitals were examined.
“Objective data shows that hospitals can vary in terms of complication rates and neonatal mortality rates,” said Rick May, MD, a vice president with HealthGrades and co-author of the study. “The hospitals in the top 10% in the nation for maternity care should be proud not only of the outstanding care they deliver, but also for the quality benchmarks they are setting for other hospitals to follow.”
HUMC has been named one of America’s 50 Best Hospitals by HealthGrades for each of the past four years.
For this analysis by HealthGrades, hospitals were evaluated using the following criteria:
• Maternal complication rate among women undergoing single live-born vaginal or C-section deliveries
• Maternal complication rate among women undergoing “patient-choice” or non-clinically indicated C-sections
• Newborn volume adjusted for low birth weight
• Newborn mortality rate stratified into eight birth weight categories
The full HealthGrades Maternity Care study, along with its methodology, can be downloaded at www.healthgrades.com .
