Healthgrades Recognizes Stony Brook Hospital For Cardiac And Stroke Care

STONY BROOK, NY — Stony Brook University Hospital has achieved national recognition as one of the United States' best hospitals in three specialty care areas— cardiac surgery and cardiac and stroke care, according to Healthgrades.

The hospital is one of the U.S.' 50 best hospitals for cardiac surgery for the second year in a row. It is one of only two hospitals in New York to be named among the 100 best hospitals for cardiac care for nine years straight and the only hospital in the state to be one of the U.S.' 100 best hospitals for stroke care for eight years straight.

Dr. Hal Paz, chief executive officer of Stony Brook University Medicine and executive vice president for health sciences at Stony Brook University, said the accomplishment reflects the hospital’s "consistently outstanding clinical outcomes in cardiac and stroke care, and our unwavering dedication to our patients."

“I’m delighted that year after year our hospital’s Heart Institute and Cerebrovascular and Comprehensive Stroke Center continue to provide a level of care few hospitals anywhere can match," he added.

Healthgrades evaluated patient mortality and complication rates for 31 of the most common conditions and procedures at nearly 4,500 hospitals across the U.S. to identify the top-performing hospitals for specialty care, Stony Brook officials said.

The analysis found "significant variation in patient outcomes" between the U.S.’ best hospitals for specialty care and hospitals that did not receive a distinction, according to Stony Brook officials. From 2019-2021, patients treated at hospitals receiving the U.S.'s 50 Best Hospitals for Cardiac Surgery Award have, on average, a 56 percent lower risk of dying than those treated in hospitals that did not receive the award, Stony Brook officials said.

Patients treated at hospitals receiving the U.S.'s 100 Best Hospitals for Stroke Care Award have, on average, a 40.2 percent lower risk of dying than if they were treated in hospitals that did not receive the award, according to officials.

Dr. Brad Bowman, the chief medical officer and head of data science at Healthgrades, said commended Stony Brook University Hospital for its "ongoing commitment to providing high-quality care to their patients.”

“Consumers can feel confident that hospitals with an America’s Best for specialty care award have demonstrated their ability to deliver consistently exceptional outcomes,” he said.

Consumers can visit Healthgrades.com to learn more about how Healthgrades measures hospital quality and access a patient-friendly overview of the complete methodology here.