Leading the Way in Cardiac Excellence

Carle Foundation Hospital has been rated among the top 10 percent in the nation for cardiology services by HealthGrades^®, the county's most respected healthcare ratings organization. Additionally, we are the only area hospital to earn five stars for clinical excellence in the treatment of heart failure and atrial fibrillation by HealthGrades in 2008.

The nation's leading healthcare ratings organization, HealthGrades provides ratings and profiles of hospitals, nursing homes and physicians to consumers, corporations, health plans and hospitals. Millions of consumers and hundreds of the county's largest employers, health plans and hospitals rely on HealthGrades' independent ratings, consulting and products to make healthcare decisions based on the quality of care.

Other examples of clinical expertise at Carle Heart and Vascular Institute include:

• In door-to-dilation time - the time that elapses between a patient's arrival at the hospital door and when a cardiologist performs an angioplasty to dilate a blocked artery - Carle Foundation Hospital outperforms most hospitals nationwide and is consistently better than The Joint Commission benchmark of 90 minutes.
• Carle Foundation Hospital was named one the nation's 100 top cardiovascular hospitals by Evanston, Illinois-based Solucient^®.
• Carle Foundation Hospital is fully accredited with a Gold Seal of Approval^TM by The Joint Commission.
• Our surgeons perform more open heart surgeries, catheterizations and angioplasty procedures than any other hospital in East Central Illinois.