Company Profile
CentraCare Heart & Vascular Center
Company Overview
CentraCare Health is a collaborative group of Central Minnesota healthcare professionals, working together to provide comprehensive, high-quality care, close to home. It aspires to be the leader in Minnesota for quality, safety, service, and value. CentraCare Health is comprised of CentraCare Clinic, a physician-driven, multi-disciplinary clinic. St. Cloud Hospital, a 489 licensed bed regional medical center with 450+ physicians on medical staff offering a full continuum of inpatient and outpatient services, five rural hospitals, 19 clinics, and six long-term care facilities. The system serves more than 700,000 people in a 12+ county area and offers a variety of outreach services to more than 35 communities. St. Cloud Hospital is a Truven Top 100 Hospital eleven times and is on the Best Place to Work in Minnesota by the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal. CentraCare Health was founded in 1995.
Notable Accomplishments / Recognition
Quality care. We were named a 2015 Top 50 cardiovascular hospital by Truven Health Analytics, recognized as a Blue Distinction Center+ for Cardiac Care from Blue Cross Blue Shield and listed in Becker’s Hospital Review for “100 hospitals and health systems with great heart programs” in 2016.
Expert staff. We are the largest and most advanced heart and vascular center in Central Minnesota. We see more than 30,000 patients in consult and follow-up each year. Find a specialist: cardiology, electrophysiology, heart surgery or pediatric cardiology.
Cardiac surgery program maintains top rating
Consumer Reports magazine has again given St. Cloud Hospital a top score for heart bypass surgery in its August 2014 issue. No other hospital in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota or Iowa received this recognition. Consumer Reports has previously recognized CentraCare Heart & Vascular Center at St. Cloud Hospital, calling it an “’all-star’ heart surgery group” for maintaining the top three-star score three years running. Consumer Reports partners with the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) to collect and assess data. The STS maintains a comprehensive heart surgery database that derives a composite score from four measures: patient survival rate, complications, surgical technique and the correct use of recommended medications. The STS is an international, not-for-profit organization made up of cardiothoracic specialists dedicated to improving patient outcomes.