Welcome to City-Data.com Forum!
U.S. CitiesCity-Data Forum Index
Go Back   City-Data Forum > U.S. Forums > Tennessee > Kingsport - Johnson City - Bristol
 [Register]
Kingsport - Johnson City - Bristol The Tri-Cities area
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
View detailed profile (Advanced) or search
site with Google Custom Search

Search Forums  (Advanced)
 
Old 10-13-2009, 08:53 PM
 
Location: Kingsport, TN
1,697 posts, read 6,808,899 times
Reputation: 1793

Advertisements

Holston Valley Medical Center has been ranked No. 1 in the state for cardiology services by one of the nation's leading independent health care ratings organizations.

HealthGrades issued its annual Hospital Quality in America study on Tuesday - the largest annual report of its kind - which analyzes patient outcomes from nearly 40 million Medicare hospitalization records.

HVMC ranks No. 1 in Tenn. for cardiology services - Kingsport Times-News Online
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message

 
Old 10-14-2009, 08:24 PM
 
16,177 posts, read 32,511,189 times
Reputation: 20592
Quote:
Originally Posted by kamoshika View Post
Holston Valley Medical Center has been ranked No. 1 in the state for cardiology services by one of the nation's leading independent health care ratings organizations.

HealthGrades issued its annual Hospital Quality in America study on Tuesday - the largest annual report of its kind - which analyzes patient outcomes from nearly 40 million Medicare hospitalization records.

HVMC ranks No. 1 in Tenn. for cardiology services - Kingsport Times-News Online
There is nothing on the Healthgrades site and/or on the HVMC page on there about any award, especially see the Cardiac Service line tab. It actually says that there are no awards! Holston Valley Medical Center in Kingsport, Tennessee (TN) - Awards & Ratings

Also, check out HVMC's rating for heart bypass surgery! They are near the bottom of the entire state of TN receiving a 1 star (poor) for both in hospital mortality and 6+ month mortality. HealthGrades - Guiding America to Better Healthcare ®

Healthgrades also lists HVMC as # 44 in the state of TN. This lags behind Bristol at # 25 and Indian Path at # 2! HealthGrades - Guiding America to Better Healthcare ®
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 10-15-2009, 11:43 AM
 
78 posts, read 180,960 times
Reputation: 88
Default Skewed Results?

Perhaps they do not accept or service the high risk poor people. I do know their Insurance criteria is elite only

This can lead to self serving data.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 10-15-2009, 12:16 PM
 
Location: Gray, TN
2,172 posts, read 4,628,092 times
Reputation: 931
Website says they take medicare. Are you talking about HMOs as being "non-elite"?
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 10-15-2009, 12:30 PM
 
78 posts, read 180,960 times
Reputation: 88
Quote:
Originally Posted by rccrain View Post
Website says they take medicare. Are you talking about HMOs as being "non-elite"?
I was referring to those souls who cannot, for any reason, get into see a cardiologist for what would be the diagnostic and referral phase.

Indian Path and Johnson City accept those that Holston, and their staff, will not. I think this is an accepted fact.

I had no wish to start a debate on this, but Parkwest in Knoxville for years sent people to UT and other facilities. They proclaimed themselves #1 for many years running. In short what I'm saying is that the data, while possibly correct, tends to overlook this.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.

Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.


Reply
Please update this thread with any new information or opinions. This open thread is still read by thousands of people, so we encourage all additional points of view.

Quick Reply
Message:


Settings
X
Data:
Loading data...
Based on 2000-2020 data
Loading data...

123
Hide US histogram


Over $104,000 in prizes was already given out to active posters on our forum and additional giveaways are planned!

Go Back   City-Data Forum > U.S. Forums > Tennessee > Kingsport - Johnson City - Bristol
Similar Threads

All times are GMT -6. The time now is 08:30 AM.

© 2005-2024, Advameg, Inc. · Please obey Forum Rules · Terms of Use and Privacy Policy · Bug Bounty

City-Data.com - Contact Us - Archive 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37 - Top