St. Joseph, two others, Union Memorial and Washington Adventist, had highest stent rates

St. Joseph, two others, had highest stent rates

Maryland Stent Lawsuit Lawyers

Three hospitals have consistently outpaced all others in Maryland in the use of stents to treat heart patients, according to data obtained by The Baltimore Sun, raising questions as state regulators examine whether the expensive procedure is performed unnecessarily by some doctors.

St. Joseph Medical Center in Towson became the subject of a state investigation earlier this year after it notified 585 patients that they might have received unneeded stents to prop open their arteries. The new data, from the Health Services Cost Review Commission, shows that Union Memorial Hospital in Baltimore and Washington Adventist Hospital in Takoma Park are also likely to be subject to review.

Each of the three hospitals exceeded the state's average rate of placing a stent after diagnosis by 20 percent to 30 percent over the past five years. Combined, they placed more than half the stents given to all patients in Maryland.  Click to read more of the Baltimore Sun Article, "St. Joseph, two other, had highest stent rates"


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