St. David's South Austin Medical Center

Patients that would definitely recommend
8% higher than the national average

Awards

Healthgrades awards tell you which hospitals deliver superior quality care. Healthgrades evaluates hospital performance using objective quality measures including clinical outcomes and patient safety, as well as patient experience.

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Hospital Quality Awards

Patient Safety Excellence Award™ (2019, 2018)

Top in the nation for providing excellence in patient safety by preventing infections, medical errors, and other preventable complications

Outstanding Patient Experience Award™ (2017)

Top in the nation for overall patient experience based on nine measures related to doctor and nurse communication, hospital cleanliness and noise levels, and medication and post-discharge care instructions

Specialty Clinical Quality Awards

Cranial Neurosurgery Excellence Award™ (2019)

Superior clinical outcomes in cranial neurosurgery

Labor and Delivery Excellence Award™ (2018, 2016)

Superior clinical care of women during and after childbirth

Obstetrics and Gynecology Excellence Award™ (2018, 2016)

Superior clinical outcomes during and after childbirth and in surgeries that treat diseases and conditions of the female reproductive system

America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Gastrointestinal Care Award™ (2017)

Superior clinical outcomes in colorectal surgeries, gallbladder removal, esophageal/stomach surgeries, small intestine surgeries, and treating bowel obstruction, gastrointestinal bleeds, and pancreatitis

America’s 100 Best Hospitals for General Surgery Award™ (2017)

Superior clinical outcomes in bowel obstruction treatment, colorectal surgeries, gallbladder removal, esophageal/stomach surgeries, and small intestine surgeries

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Safety Ratings

How well a hospital safeguards patients from potential complications

No events relating to foreign objects left in body during a surgery or procedure

2 ratings were better than expected

11 ratings were as expected

Death in procedures where mortality is usually very low
Death following a serious complication after surgery
Collapsed lung due to a procedure or surgery in or around the chest
Catheter-related bloodstream infections acquired at the hospital
Hip fracture following surgery
Excessive bruising or bleeding as a consequence of a procedure or surgery
Acute kidney dysfunction following surgery
Respiratory failure following surgery
Deep blood clots in the lungs or legs following surgery
Bloodstream infection following surgery
Breakdown of abdominal incision site

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Hospital Quality

Clinical Ratings

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Appendectomy

Cardiac

Complication Based Ratings

Procedure/Condition

In Hospital

Defibrillator Procedures

As Expected

Pacemaker Procedures

As Expected

Mortality Based Ratings

Procedure/Condition

Mortality In-Hospital Mortality within 30 days

Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) Surgery

As Expected

Coronary Interventional Procedures (Inpatient)

As Expected

Worse than Expected

Heart Attack

As Expected

Worse than Expected

Heart Failure

As Expected

Valve Surgery

As Expected

Critical Care

Gastrointestinal

Complication Based Ratings

Procedure/Condition

In Hospital

Gallbladder Removal Surgery

Better than Expected

Mortality Based Ratings

Procedure/Condition

Mortality In-Hospital Mortality within 30 days

Bowel Obstruction

Worse than Expected

As Expected

Colorectal Surgeries

Worse than Expected

As Expected

Esophageal/Stomach Surgeries

As Expected

Gastrointestinal Bleed

As Expected

Pancreatitis

As Expected

Small Intestine Surgeries

As Expected

Specialty Excellence Awards

Gastrointestinal Care Excellence Award™

2017

General Surgery Excellence Award™

2017

Gynecologic Surgeries

Labor and Delivery

Neurosciences

Orthopedic

Prostate Surgery

Pulmonary

Spine Surgery

Vascular

Data Source

Patient Experience

Patient experience measures tell you how patients felt about the care they received at the hospital. These measures are based on the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) survey data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

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Patients who gave a rating of 9 or 10
9% higher than the national average

Would definitely recommend
8% higher than the national average

Location

St. David's South Austin Medical Center

901 W Ben White Blvd, Austin, TX 78704

Call

Directions (512) 253-4081