It's the cardinal rule of cardiac outcomes. Survival rates must be adjusted to reflect the degree of risk a given patient pool presents. Otherwise, a survival rate is meaningless.

As consumers learn more about comparing hospital performance - and as all hospitals issue their outcomes reports - it's a rule the public must understand, right up front.

INTEGRIS Health has long been known for treating "the sickest of the sick" - a distinction generally held by the most capable hospital in a given area. Risk adjustment acknowledges that very sick or older cardiac patients are more difficult to heal than young and/or relatively healthy patients - and aims to level the playing field.

Risk adjustment ensures the more easily achieved high survival rates at lower-risk hospitals won't be seen as superior performance, and hospitals that treat sicker patients won't be penalized.

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THE MOST CHALLENGING HEALING.