Heart Attack Performance Results
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DHMC 2008-2009 | Top 10% | Average |
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| WHAT IS IT? 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. | 98% | 100% | 98% |
| Aspirin at discharge: Percent of eligible patients receiving a prescription for aspirin when discharged from the hospital after a heart attack. | 99% | 100% | 98% |
| Beta Blockers at discharge: Percent of eligible patients receiving a prescription for beta blocker medications when discharged from the hospital after a heart attack. | 99% | 100% | 98% |
| ACE Inhibitor or ARB medications at discharge for heart attack patients: Percent of eligible patients who received a prescription for ACE inhibitor or ARB medications at discharge from the hospital. | 97% | 100% | 94% |
| Advice for heart attack patients to quit smoking: Percent of eligible heart attack patients who were advised to quit smoking. | 99% | 100% | 99% |
| Overall performance for heart attack care (composite): Percent of eligible patients getting all the recommended elements of care for heart attack. | 98% | - | 98% |
| In-hospital heart attack mortality rate: Percent of patients admitted for heart attack who die while in the hospital. | 0.9% | - | 4.1% |
| 30-day adjusted heart attack mortality rate: Percent of Medicare patients admitted for heart attack who die within 30 days of admission to the hospital. | 14% | - | 16% |
| PCI/angioplasty received within 90 minutes of hospital arrival: Percent of eligible heart attack patients receiving PCI/angioplasty treatment within 90 minutes of arrival at the hospital. | 83% | 96% | 80% |
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