Bronson Methodist Hospital Named One of Nation’s 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals™

— Only Michigan Hospital to be Recognized in 2024 —

Bronson Methodist Hospital is the only hospital in Michigan to be named one of the nation’s 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals™ according to an independent quality analysis based on a balanced scorecard provided by PINC AI™, the technology and services brand of Premier, Inc. and reported by Fortune. This is the fourth year in a row that Bronson has performed at this elite level.

According to the 2024 report, if all hospitals operated at the level of this year’s top performers, there could be 7,600 fewer deaths due to heart disease, 6,700 fewer bypass and angioplasty patients who suffer complications, and more than $1 billion in inpatient costs could have been saved in 2022, the year studied.

Bronson President & CEO Bill Manns, says, “Bronson Methodist Hospital has been proud to be one of the nation’s 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals for the past three years, but to now be the only hospital in the state to earn a spot on the list is truly remarkable. Congratulations to our dedicated heart and vascular teams for the exceptional quality, service and value they are providing to Bronson patients and to the communities we serve.”

The PINC AI™ 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals™ program focuses on short-term, acute care, nonfederal U.S. hospitals that treat a broad spectrum of cardiology patients. It includes patients requiring medical management, as well as those who receive invasive or surgical procedures. Because multiple measures are used, a hospital must provide all forms of cardiovascular care, including open heart surgery, to be included in the study. Organizations do not apply to participate in the study, and award winners do not pay to market their honor.

Key outcomes achieved by the nation’s 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals™ include:

• 28 percent fewer acute myocardial infarction (AMI) deaths and 50 percent fewer coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) deaths.
• 32 percent fewer percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) and 38 percent fewer CABG patients with complications. Higher 30-day survival rates for acute myocardial infarction (AMI), heart failure (HF) and CABG patients (0.3 to 0.7 percentage points higher).
• Higher 30-day survival rates for acute myocardial infarction (AMI), heart failure (HF) and CABG patients (0.3 to 0.7 percentage points higher).
• Lower 30-day readmission rates for AMI, HF and CABG patients (0.4 to 0.8 percentage points lower).
• Shorter average lengths of stay between patient groups – 0.3 for AMI, 0.6 for HF, 0.3 for PCI and one full day for CABG.
• $2,503 to $9,931 less in total costs per patient case (the smallest dollar-amount difference was for HF and the largest was for CABG).
• Patients had a better experience at top performing hospitals compared to the remaining peer hospitals, with a top-box Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) score of 71 percent versus 67 percent.

“Hospital and health system leaders are focused on raising the quality and value of cardiovascular care,” said Leigh Anderson, Premier’s Chief Operating Officer and the leader of PINC AI™. “A selection as one of the 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals™ is a great honor and demonstrates the importance of hospitals tackling cardiovascular disease – one of America’s leading causes of death. As one of the 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals™, Bronson Methodist Hospital has achieved high-quality cardiovascular care that has directly led to significantly improved patient outcomes, with fewer readmissions and complications.”

This achievement comes on the heels of Bronson Methodist Hospital receiving Magnet Recognition, the nation’s highest national honor for Professional Nursing Practice, as well as several other national honors for the health system. Bronson Healthcare was named by Fortune and PINC AI as one of the nation’s 15 Top Health Systems in 2023. It is also ranked by Forbes as one of America’s Best-In-State Employers (2022-23), by Newsweek as one of America’s Greatest Workplaces for Women (2023) and by the National Association for Business Resources as one of the 2023 Top 101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For.

For more information on cardiovascular services and providers at Bronson, visit bronsonhealth.com/heart.