2007 Annual Report > Performance

Performance

We value our patients and strive to uphold the highest standards in health care. Here is how we are carrying out our efforts.

• Park Nicollet Health Services was recognized as a national leader in patient safety in the 2007 Minnesota Community Measurement® Health Care Quality Report. Three stars is the highest rating available in the report. Park Nicollet has the most three-star ratings of 22 health care providers in the Twin Cities.
• This was a banner year for our cardiovascular program at Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital. The hospital and Park Nicollet Heart and Vascular Center were named one of the 100 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals in America for a third year in a row, and four times this decade. The recognition was from Thomson Health Care, a respected provider of health care information. Fewer than 2 percent of America's hospitals make this prestigious list. The award recognizes hospitals that demonstrate superior clinical, operational and financial performance in overall service.
• Our cardiothoracic surgery program also received three stars from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS). This is the highest quality rating available from STS and was given to Park Nicollet for coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) operations performed in 2006. The rating puts the cardiac surgery program in the top 15 percent of programs in the nation.