Heart Attack
Heart Attack
Higher percentages are better (some of the recommended care given to patients only if appropriate.)
Data current as of December 2010
| Hospital Process of Care Measure |
Rex Healthcare |
United States Average |
| Average number of minutes before outpatients chest pain or possible heart attack who needed specialized care were transferred to another hospital (a lower number of minutes is better) | N/A | 64 minutes |
| Average number of minutes before outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack got an ECG (a lower number of minutes is better) | N/A | 9 minutes |
| Outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack who got drugs to break up blood clots within 30 minutes of arrival (higher numbers are better) | N/A | 54% |
| Outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack who got aspirin within 24 hours of arrival (higher numbers are better) |
N/A |
93% |
| Percent of heart attack patients given aspirin at arrival, | 100% | 98% |
| Percent of heart attack patients give aspirin at discharge | 100% | 98% |
| Percent of heart attack patients given an ACE inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVS), if appropriate | 96% | 96% |
| Percent of heart attack patients given smoking cessation advice/counseling | 100% | 99% |
| Percent of heart attack patients given beta blocker at discharge, if appropriate | 99% | 91% |
| Percent of heart attack patients given beta blocker at arrival, if appropriate | 99% | 98% |
| Percent of heart attack patients given Fibrinolytic Medication within 30 minutes of arrival | N/A | 54% |
| Percent of heart attack patients given PCI within 90 minutes of arrival, if appropriate | 94% | 89% |
