Patients in Palm Beach County seeking cardiac care may benefit from nationally recognized surgical outcomes at Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center, according to a community announcement.
The hospital has earned a three-star rating from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons for both isolated coronary artery bypass grafting procedures and the Multiprocedural Composite Quality Rating.
This is the highest possible designation from STS and marks the first time Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center has achieved this level of recognition in its open-heart surgery program’s 42-year history.
What the three-star rating means for patients
The STS rating system is based on data from the Adult Cardiac Surgery Database, which evaluates hospitals and surgical groups over a rolling three-year period. Programs receive a rating of one to three stars, with three stars indicating “better than expected” performance…