Corrigan Minehan Heart Center
Mass General's Corrigan Minehan Heart Center offers leading treatments and preventive care for both common and complex cardiac conditions.
What Are We Measuring?
A heart attack, also called a myocardial infarction, occurs when the heart muscle doesn’t receive sufficient oxygen due to a blockage of blood flow to the heart.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) evaluates 30-day mortality and readmission rates for heart attack patients:
- 30-Day Mortality Rate: The percentage of heart attack patients who died within 30 days of admission to the hospital
- 30-Day Readmission Rate: The percentage of heart attack patients who were discharged from the hospital and were readmitted to any hospital for any reason in the next 30 days
Below are two charts showing Massachusetts General Hospital’s performance compared to national benchmarks on these measures.
How Are We Performing?
Heart Attack 30-Day Mortality Rate
Lower scores are better
The following chart shows the Heart Attack 30-Day Mortality Rate from July 2016 to June 2019.10.6% is the Mass General rate. 12.7% is the national rate. The star symbol indicates that Mass General performance is statistically better than the benchmark.Data Source: CMS Hospital Compare
Data Period: July 2018 – June 2021
★ Performance is statistically better than the benchmark
= Performance is statistically similar to the benchmark
▼ Performance is statistically worse than the benchmark
Heart Attack 30-Day Readmission Rate
Lower scores are better
The following chart shows the Heart Attack 30-Day Readmission Rate from July 2016 to June 2019. 16.8% is the Mass General rate. 16.1% is the national rate.The equal symbol indicates that Mass General performance is statistically similar to the benchmark.Data Source: CMS Hospital Compare
Data Period: July 2018 – June 2021
★ Performance is statistically better than the benchmark
= Performance is statistically similar to the benchmark
▼ Performance is statistically worse than the benchmark
Corrigan Minehan Heart Center
Mass General's Corrigan Minehan Heart Center offers leading treatments and preventive care for both common and complex cardiac conditions.