TriStar Centennial Medical Center was named one of the nation's top performing hospitals by Fortune and IBM Watson Health. The annual Fortune/IBM 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals study spotlights leading short-term, acute care, non-federal US hospitals that treat a broad spectrum of cardiology patients. The study is designed to identify impartial, actionable, and attainable benchmarks for hospital and clinical leaders as they work to raise their own organizations' standards of performance in cardiac care.

"As a 2022 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospital award winner, our medical staff, employees, and leadership team are committed to the best clinical quality care for each of our patients," said Scott Cihak, CEO. "This award reflects the culture at TriStar Centennial Medical Center that is embodied by our providers and caregivers. We believe in providing the highest quality compassionate care for our patients, and we continually work to develop programs and technologies that positively impact our patients and their overall healthcare experience."

This year's study included 951 U.S. hospitals with cardiovascular service lines. Compared to similar cardiovascular hospitals, the winning hospitals had better results on indicators intended to measure clinical outcomes, operational efficiency, financial performance, and patient experience. Based on the methodology used by Watson Health, the study concludes that if all United States hospitals' cardiovascular service lines performed at the level of these study winners, some 6,400 additional lives and roughly $1.4 billion could be saved, and 5,000 additional bypass and angioplasty patients could be complication-free.