Quality
Quality patient care is very important to staff at Pella Regional Health Center. Because of that, we document our care, collect data and publicly report the information. We compare our quality scores to state and national benchmarks and use color-coding to indicate whether we meet, exceed or fall under the benchmarks.
Green indicates we meet or exceed Iowa and National benchmarks.
Yellow indicates we are within plus or minus 10% of the benchmark.
Red indicates we fall below the benchmark and have created an improvement plan.
July 2011 - June 2012
HEART ATTACK:
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Aspirin given on arrival: Heart attack patients given aspirin at arrival.
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| Electrocardiogram (ECG) on arrival: average number of minutes before ECG is performed for chest pain or possible heart attack patients. Less time is better. |
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| Median time to transfer: average number of minutes to transfer to facility with Cardiac Cath Lab for possible heart attack patients. Less time is better. |
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CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE:
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Compliance with these measures indicates full evaluation of cardiac function, appropriate medication and education at discharge.
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PNEUMONIA:
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Compliance with these measures indicates appropriate testing and timely treatment with antibiotic.
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SURGICAL CARE INFECTION PREVENTION:
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Compliance with these measures indicates surgery patients are given the right antibiotic to prevent infection at the right time; body temperature measured properly, urinary catheter removed promptly and appropriate actions are taken to prevent blood clots.
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SURVEY OF PATIENT EXPERIENCE:
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This section focuses on health care provider communication, pain control, the hospital environment, education about medications, discharge information and the overall rating and willingness to recommend the hospital.
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PAIN:
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While in the hospital, the patient’s pain is well controlled.
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CENTRAL LINE ASSOCIATED BLOOD STREAM INFECTION:
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This measures the number of times a patient has acquired an infection with a central line venous catheter per 1,000 patient days in the hospital.
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MEDICATION ERRORS:
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The number of medication errors per 10,000 doses administered.
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FALLS:
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The number of times an inpatient has fallen per 1,000 patient days in the hospital.
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CESAREAN SECTION:
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The percent of obstetrical deliveries done by Cesarean Section. This includes primary and repeat C. Sections.
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