Little Company of Mary Hospital Ranked 'Best' for COPD Care By U.S. News & World Report

EVERGREEN PARK, IL - Little Company of Mary Hospital and Health Care Centers has been recognized as a Best Hospital for 2017-18 in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) by U.S. News & World Report. The annual Best Hospitals rankings, now in their 28th year, are part of U.S. News’ patient portal, designed to help patients make informed decisions about where to receive care for life-threatening conditions or for common elective procedures.

The publication based a hospital’s COPD score on multiple data categories, including number of patients, patient survival rate, prevention of blood clots and enabling patients to return home. Hospitals that earned a high performing rating were significantly better than the national average. LCMH offers non-invasive breathing assistance with a mask instead of through a breathing tube to provide respiratory support for some patients with COPD

“We are proud to receive this award because one of our core values is quality,” said Cindy Deuser, R.N. vice president of quality improvement and clinical and diagnostic services at LCMH. “Our patients and our community can be confident in knowing they will receive optimal COPD care from the moment they arrive at our door.”

For the 2017-18 rankings, U.S. News evaluated more than 4,500 medical centers nationwide in 25 specialties, procedures and conditions. In the 16 specialty areas, 146 hospitals were ranked in at least one specialty. In rankings by state and metro area, U.S. News recognized hospitals as high performing across multiple areas of care.

LCMH scored “excellent” ratings for COPD patient survival and enabling patients to be discharged home instead of other medical care facility. The hospital also earned a “very high rating” in the volume of Medicare inpatients age 65 and over who had this procedure or condition in 2011-15. A higher volume is associated with better outcomes. And, LCMH scored in the 95th to 99th percentile in preventing blood clots in ICU patients. (Read LCMH’s complete scorecard.)

“For nearly three decades, we’ve strived to make hospital quality more transparent to healthcare consumers nationwide,” said Ben Harder in a news release, the managing editor and chief of health analysis at U.S. News. "By providing the most comprehensive data available, we hope to give patients the information they need to find the best care across a range of specialties.”

For more information about the 2017-18 rankings, visit U.S. News and World Report’s Best Hospital List.