News — MAYWOOD, IL – Loyola University Medical Center has been included on Â鶹´«Ã½week’s inaugural list of America’s Best Cardiac Hospitals 2024. This prestigious award is presented by Â鶹´«Ã½week and Statista Inc., the leading statistics portal and industry ranking provider. The award list was announced on July 24th, 2024, and can be viewed on the Â鶹´«Ã½week website.
The America’s Best Cardiac Hospitals 2024 ranking awards the 175 leading hospitals in the field of cardiac care in the U.S., as well as highlighting the notable conditions/surgeries. The underlying data analysis is based on four data sources:
1. Nationwide Online Survey: Health care professionals and hospital managers with knowledge about cardiology e.g., cardiologists, cardiac/thoracic surgeons, and cardiac nurses were asked to recommend leading cardiology hospitals in the U.S. The survey was also promoted on newsweek.com.
2. Hospital Quality Metrics: Hospital quality metrics with a focus on indicators relevant to cardiology care were considered.
3. Results from Patient Experience Surveys: Survey of patient experience during hospitalization.
4. Statista Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMS) Implementation Survey: Voluntary PROMS implementation survey to determine the status quo of PROMs implementation, audits and reporting of data.
Based on the study results, Loyola University Medical Center is honored to be recognized on Â鶹´«Ã½week’s list of America’s Best Cardiac Hospitals 2024.
"I’m proud to continue our long history of excellence as a cardiac hospital offering state-of-the-art cardiac therapies, superb clinical outcomes, and talented faculty," said Lowell Steen, MD, Chair of Cardiology at Loyola University Medical Center.
Statista publishes hundreds of worldwide industry rankings and company listings with high-profile media partners. This research and analysis service is based on the success of statista.com, the leading data and business intelligence portal that provides statistics, relevant business data, and various market and consumer studies and surveys.
"Since establishing the area's first heart transplant program in 1984, Loyola has been at the forefront of cardiac care," said Shawn Vincent, President and CEO of Loyola Medicine. "We continue to build upon this tradition of excellence and innovation and are proud to have a talented team working to provide quality care to our patients and their families."
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About Loyola Medicine
Loyola Medicine, a member of Trinity Health, is a nationally ranked academic, quaternary care system based in Chicago's western suburbs. The three-hospital system includes Loyola University Medical Center (LUMC), Gottlieb Memorial Hospital, MacNeal Hospital, as well as convenient locations offering primary care, specialty care and immediate care services from nearly 2,000 physicians throughout Cook, Will and DuPage counties. LUMC is a 547-licensed-bed hospital in Maywood that includes the William G. and Mary A. Ryan Center for Heart & Vascular Medicine, the Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center, the John L. Keeley, MD, Emergency Department, a Level 1 trauma center, Illinois's largest burn center, a certified comprehensive stroke center, transplant center and a children’s hospital. Having delivered compassionate care for over 50 years, Loyola also trains the next generation of caregivers through its academic affiliation with Loyola University Chicago’s Stritch School of Medicine and Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing. Established in 1961, Gottlieb Memorial Hospital is a 247-licensed-bed community hospital in Melrose Park that includes the Judd A. Weinberg Emergency Department, the Loyola Center for Metabolic Surgery and Bariatric Care, Loyola Cancer Care & Research at the Marjorie G. Weinberg Cancer Center, acute rehabilitation, a transitional care center, childcare center and fitness center. MacNeal Hospital is a 374-licensed-bed teaching hospital in Berwyn with advanced medical, surgical and psychiatric services and a 68-bed behavioral health program. For more information, visit loyolamedicine.org. You can also follow Loyola Medicine on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram or X (formerly known as Twitter).
About Trinity Health
Trinity Health is one of the largest not-for-profit, Catholic health care systems in the nation. It is a family of 121,000 colleagues and nearly 36,500 physicians and clinicians caring for diverse communities across 27 states. Nationally recognized for care and experience, the Trinity Health system includes 101 hospitals, 126 continuing care locations, the second largest PACE program in the country, 136 urgent care locations and many other health and well-being services. In fiscal year 2023, the Livonia, Michigan-based health system invested $1.5 billion in its communities in the form of charity care and other community benefit programs. For more information, visit us at www.trinity-health.org, or follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, and X (formerly known as Twitter)
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