|
Indicator
|
National
Average
|
North
Carolina
Average
|
Gaston
Memorial
Hospital
|
|
Heart Failure
|
|
Percent of heart failure patients given discharge instructions
|
71%
|
73%
|
95%
|
|
Percent of heart failure patients given an evaluation of LVS function
|
87
|
93
|
100
|
|
Percent of heart failure patients given ACE inhibitor or ARB for LVS dysfunction
|
88
|
89
|
98
|
|
Percent of heart failure patients given smoking cessation advice/counseling
|
90
|
95
|
100
|
|
Pneumonia
|
|
Percent of pneumonia patients given oxygenation assessment
|
99
|
99
|
100
|
|
Percent of pneumonia assessment patients assessed and given pneumococcal vaccination
|
80
|
84
|
99
|
|
Percent of pneumonia patients whose initial emergency room blood culture was performed prior to the administration of the first hospital dose of antibiotics
|
90
|
91
|
99
|
|
Percent of pneumonia patients given smoking cessation advice/ counseling
|
87
|
92
|
100
|
|
Percent of pneumonia patients given initial antibiotics within six hours after arrival
|
93
|
93
|
98
|
|
Percent of pneumonia patients given the most appropriate initial antibiotic(s)
|
87
|
86
|
99
|
|
Percent of pneumonia patients assessed and given influenza vaccination
|
79
|
84
|
98
|
|
Heart Attack
|
|
Percent of heart attack patients given aspirin at arrival
|
94
|
95
|
99
|
|
Percent of heart attack patients given aspirin at discharge
|
91
|
93
|
100
|
|
Percent of heart attack patients given ACE inhibitor or ARB for LVS dysfunction
|
89
|
90
|
94
|
|
Percent of heart attack patients given smoking cessation advice/counseling
|
93
|
94
|
100
|
|
Percent of heart attack patients given beta blocker at discharge
|
92
|
94
|
99
|
|
Percent of heart attack patients given beta blocker at arrival
|
89
|
91
|
98
|
|
Percent of heart attack patients given fibrinolytic medication within 30 minutes of arrival
|
40
|
43
|
100
|
|
Percent of heart attack patients given PCI within 90 minutes of arrival
|
70
|
83
|
89
|
|
Surgical Care Improvement/Surgical Infection Prevention
|
|
Percent of surgery patients who received preventive antibiotics one hour before incision
|
85
|
90
|
99
|
|
Percent of surgery patients who received the appropriate preventive antibiotics for their surgery
|
92
|
93
|
97
|
|
Percent of surgery patients whose preventive antibiotics are stopped within 24 hours after surgery
|
83
|
86
|
97
|
|
Percent of surgery patients whose doctors ordered treatments to prevent blood clots (venous thromboembolism) for certain types of surgeries
|
82
|
85
|
96
|
|
Percent of surgery patients who received treatment to prevent blood clots within 24 hours before or after selected surgeries
|
79
|
81
|
93
|
|
Percent of heart surgery patients whose blood glucose was kept under good control in the days right after surgery
|
86
|
87
|
100
|
|
Percent of surgery patients needing hair removed from the surgical area before surgery using safer method - clipping
|
95
|
96
|
100
|
