Le Bonheur Heart Institute one of eight to earn top STS quality rating

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22 Aug, 2016, 09:00 ET

MEMPHIS, Tenn., Aug. 22, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) again recognized Le Bonheur's Heart Institute with its highest possible three-star rating. Le Bonheur is one of only eight programs to receive three stars in the Spring 2016 STS Congenital Heart Surgery Database Feedback Report released in June.

Le Bonheur Children's Hospital heart patient Claire Russell,7, who underwent open heart surgery as an infant, announces the Memphis, Tenn., hospital's Heart Institute's highest possible three-star rating from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons. Le Bonheur was one of eight heart programs in the country to receive a top rating in the Spring 2016 report.
Le Bonheur Children's Hospital heart patient Claire Russell,7, who underwent open heart surgery as an infant, announces the Memphis, Tenn., hospital's Heart Institute's highest possible three-star rating from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons. Le Bonheur was one of eight heart programs in the country to receive a top rating in the Spring 2016 report.

The STS Congenital Heart Surgery Database compiles data from pediatric heart programs across the country and publishes surgical outcome information twice a year. Participating programs receive a one– to three– star rating semiannually for cardiac surgery outcomes over a four-year period.

The ratings are based on STS's mortality risk model, which takes into account the hospital's number of actual mortalities versus expected mortalities for a certain illness or condition.

"The rating is reflection of our excellence in heart surgery outcomes," said Christopher Knott-Craig, MD, executive co-director of Le Bonheur's Heart Institute. "Our program's average survival rates of the majority of heart surgeries are considerably higher than the national average. We consistently prove to be one of the best places for children needing care for congenital heart disease."

About Le Bonheur Children's Hospital
Le Bonheur Children's Hospital in Memphis, Tenn., treats more than 250,000 children each year through community programs, regional clinics and a 255 bed state-of-the-art hospital.               Le Bonheur trains more than 350 pediatricians and specialists each year. Nationally recognized, Le Bonheur has been named by U.S. News & World Report as a Best Children's Hospital. 

For more information, please call (901) 287-6030 or visit lebonheur.org. Connect with us at facebook.com/lebonheurchildrens, twitter.com/lebonheurchild or on Instagram at lebonheurchildrens.

David Henson
(901) 287-6030
[email protected]

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