Doernbecher Children’s Hospital gives your child and family the highest-quality care. As part of our commitment to excellence and transparency, we’re pleased to share information on our heart surgery outcomes.
Improving care and outcomes
We are proud members of national organizations working to improve care and outcomes:
- The National Pediatric Cardiology Quality Improvement Collaborative is a network of more than 65 leading pediatric cardiology care centers in the U.S., Canada and United Kingdom. The collaborative works to improve outcomes for children with congenital heart disease. NPC-QIC especially focuses on improving interstage outcomes (between a first and second surgery) for infants with single ventricle heart disease.
- The Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Consortium is a group of about 75 elite children’s hospitals. The consortium works to improve care for patients with critical pediatric and congenital heart disease. Members share data, best practices and other information to improve performance everywhere.
- The American College of Cardiology’s IMPACT Registry shares data and offers educational opportunities. The goal is to improve care for children and adults who have catheterization procedures for congenital heart disease.
Culture of excellence
As part of our culture of excellence, team members from across our program meet weekly to make changes that improve patient outcomes.
Heart surgery outcomes
Doernbecher voluntarily and publicly reports congenital heart surgery statistics to the Society of Thoracic Surgeons. The STS is the recognized leader in efforts to improve outcomes for surgeries for congenital heart disease.
Survival rates reflect patients who survived at least 30 days after surgery and who were discharged from the hospital. Please note that every case is different. Statistics can't predict the outcome for any one child. Some categories have only a few cases per hospital, which can skew the survival rate.
If you have questions or concerns about your child’s unique condition, the heart care team at Doernbecher is happy to talk with you. Families can call us at 503-346-0640. Referring providers can reach us at 503-346-0644.
