Clinical Excellence Cardiac Consulting

Join the forward-thinking hospital executives who have discovered how to powerfully leverage HealthGrades' industry knowledge and expertise to get on track to achieving five-star performance in cardiac services.

A HealthGrades five-star rating is a prestigious accomplishment that can simply and effectively communicate a leading hospital's reputation as a center of excellence. Five-star hospitals consistently outperform the competition, achieving clinical standards that exceed national averages year after year. As the nation's leading independent healthcare ratings organization, HealthGrades knows what it takes for hospitals to reach this extraordinary level of clinical excellence, and we know how to help your hospital get there.

For nearly a decade, HealthGrades physician-led quality consultants have analyzed hospital quality from the inside. Our company's consultants have on-the-ground experience at hundreds of hospitals nationwide. We know from experience what it takes to create an environment driven by dedication to clinical excellence.

Higher-than expected mortality and complication rates can cost hospitals hundreds-of-thousands of dollars in unreimbursed charges and impact health plan network inclusion and physician and patient preference. As health care costs continue to rise and consumers pay more out-of-pocket, quality of care is fast becoming a key factor in health care decision-making. There’s never been a more critical time to consider the impact your cardiology program’s clinical outcomes are having on your hospital.

HealthGrades’ exclusive Clinical Excellence consulting methods, can help your hospital not only reduce costly cardiac complications and mortality, but also guide you in building collaborative, sustainable physician-hospital relationships that will transform your cardiac program.

HealthGrades Clinical Excellence Consultants Partner With Hospitals and Physicians To:

• Compare processes of care to national benchmarks, best practices and evidence-based medicine.
• Target preventable, adverse events that impact clinical outcomes, such as preoperative identification of high-risk patients.
• Identify gaps in communication and coordination care for high risk cardiac patients, such as minimizing multiple consultations.
• Identify and reduce contrast-induced nephropathy.
• Develop an auditing mechanism to ensure appropriateness of cath interventions.