Data was taken from CMS’ Hospital Compare database, and the rates reflect data measured from July 2009 through June 2012.
The 48 hospitals with the lowest heart attack 30-day mortality rates are as follows:
NYU Hospitals Center (New York City) — 9.4
East Orange (N.J.) General Hospital — 10.4
Northwestern Memorial Hospital (Chicago) — 10.4
Glendale (Calif.) Adventist Medical Center — 10.6
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital (New York City) — 10.9
Doylestown (Pa.) Hospital — 11.0
Montefiore Medical Center (Bronx, N.Y.) — 11.1
Winchester (Mass.) Hospital — 11.1
Cypress Fairbanks Medical Center (Houston) — 11.2
Maimonides Medical Center (Brooklyn, N.Y.) — 11.2
Minneapolis VA Medical Center — 11.2
Holy Name Medical Center (Teaneck, N.J.) — 11.3
William Beaumont Hospital-Troy (Mich.) — 11.3
Alexian Brothers Medical Center (Elk Grove, Ill.) — 11.3
Miriam Hospital (Providence, R.I.) — 11.4
Wakemed Cary (N.C.) Hospital — 11.4
Henry Ford Hospital (Detroit) — 11.4
Missouri Baptist Medical Center (Town and Country) — 11.5
Avera Heart Hospital (Sioux Falls, S.D.) — 11.6
St. Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City (Mo.) — 11.6
University of California Davis Medical Center (Sacramento) — 11.6
St. Joseph Mercy Hospital (Ann Arbor, Mich.) — 11.7
Southcoast Hospital Group (Fall River, Mass.) — 11.7
Presence Saint Joseph Hospital (Chicago) — 11.7
Loyola Gottleib Memorial Hospital (Melrose Park, Ill.) — 11.7
Waterbury (Conn.) Hospital — 11.7
Yuma (Ariz.) Regional Medical Center — 11.7
Lawrence Hospital Center (Bronxville, N.Y.) — 11.8
Overlook Medical Center (Summit, N.J.) — 11.8
Munson Medical Center (Traverse City, Mich.) — 11.8
The Aroostook Medical Center (Presque Isle, Maine) — 11.8
Mount Sinai Medical Center (Miami Beach, Fla.) — 11.8
Sherman Oaks (Calif.) Hospital — 11.8
French Hospital Medical Center (San Louis Obispo, Calif.) — 11.8
Baptist Memorial Hospital (Memphis, Tenn.) — 11.9
Good Samaritan Hospital (Dayton, Ohio) — 11.9
Providence Hospital and Medical Centers (Southfield, Mich.) — 11.9
Hays (Kan.) Medical Center — 11.9
Beebe Medical Center (Lewes, Del.) — 11.9
Olympia Medical Center (Los Angeles) — 11.9
Arkansas Heart Hospital (Little Rock) — 11.9
Evangelical Community Hospital (Lewisburg, Pa.) — 12.0
Southside Hospital (Bay Shore, N.Y.) — 12.0
Palisades Medical Center (North Bergen, N.J.) — 12.0
Catholic Medical Center (Manchester, N.H.) — 12.0
Detroit Receiving Hospital & University Health Center — 12.0
Little Company of Mary Hospital (Evergreen Park, Ill.) — 12.0
Yale-New Haven (Conn.) Hospital — 12.0