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Quality Reports
| Stevens 3rd Qtr 08 |
Stevens 4th Qtr 08 |
Stevens Avg |
STATE Avg |
NAT Avg |
|
| Heart Attack | |||||
| Aspirin at arrival: Percent (%) of eligible patients receiving aspirin for treatment of a heart attack within 24 hours of arrival at the hospital. |
95% |
97% |
97% |
92% |
94% |
| Aspirin at discharge: Percent (%) of eligible patients receiving aspirin for continued treatment of their heart attack when they left the hospital. |
100% |
94% |
98% |
94% |
93% |
| Beta blockers at discharge: Percent (%) of eligible patients receiving beta blocker medications for continued treatment of their heart attack when they left the hospital. |
100% |
91% |
94% |
97% |
93% |
| ACE inhibitor at discharge for heart attack patients: Percent (%) of eligible patients receiving ACE inhibitor medications for continued treatment of their heart attack when they left the hospital. |
100% |
100% |
95% |
90% |
90% |
| Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)
received within 90 minutes of hospital arrival: Percent (%) of eligible patients receiving PCI within 90 minutes. |
60% |
45% |
64% |
80% |
77% |
| Smoking cessation advice for heart attack patients: Percent (%) of eligible heart attack patients given advice about stopping smoking. |
100% |
80% |
89% |
98% |
95% |
| Heart Failure | |||||
| Assessment of left ventricular function: Percent (%) of all heart failure patients assessed for their heart's ability to pump blood effectively (left ventricular function) while in the hospital. |
97% |
79% |
90% |
91% |
89% |
| ACE inhibitor or ARBlocker at discharge for heart failure patients: Percent (%) of eligible patients receiving ACE inhibitor or ARBlocker medications for continued treatment of their heart failure when they left the hospital. |
100% |
83% |
85% |
92% |
89% |
| Discharge instructions: Percent (%) of eligible patients given instructions when they left the hospital about their heart failure condition and follow-up treatment. |
62% |
71% |
67% |
74% |
76% |
| Smoking cessation advice for heart failure patients: Percent (%) of eligible heart failure patients given advice about stopping smoking. |
67% |
100% |
90% |
90% |
90% |
| Pneumonia | |||||
| Time to treat: Percent (%) of eligible pneumonia patients who received an initial dose of antibiotics within 6 hours of arrival. |
96% |
100% |
97% |
93% |
93% |
| Oxygenation assessment: Percent (%) of all patients diagnosed with pneumonia who received a test to assess the oxygen level in their blood. |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
99% |
| Use of pneumoccocal vaccine: Percent (%) of eligible patients receiving an immunization for pneumoccocal pneumonia during hospital stay. |
88% |
87% |
88% |
84% |
84% |
| Blood culture performed in the ER prior to initial antibiotic received in hospital: Percent (%) of eligible patients receiving blood cultures prior to their first dose of antibiotics. |
89% |
96% |
95% |
90% |
91% |
| Smoking cessation advice for pneumonia patients: Percent (%) of eligible pneumonia patients given advice about stopping smoking. |
94% |
100% |
93% |
88% |
89% |
| Surgical Care Improvement | |||||
| Prophylactic antibiotic received within 1 hour prior to surgical incision: Percent (%) of eligible surgical patients who received the preoperative antibiotic within one hour prior to surgical incision. |
91% |
96% |
92% |
87% |
89% |
| Prophylactic antibiotics discontinued within 24 hours after surgery end time: Percent (%) of patients who had a post-operative antibiotic discontinued within 24 hours of surgery end time. |
94% |
96% |
94% |
97% |
94% |
