Compare Hospital Performance

Pocahontas Community Hospital vs. Humboldt County Memorial Hospital

Compare Performance: Timely and Effective Care - Process of Care Measures

Learn and compare hospital patient performance and timely and effective care at Pocahontas Community Hospital in Pocahontas, Iowa and Humboldt County Memorial Hospital in Humboldt, Iowa

Quality Measure	Pocahontas Community Hospital 606 N W 7TH STREET POCAHONTAS, IA	Humboldt County Memorial Hospital 1000 NORTH 15TH STREET HUMBOLDT, IA
Left Without Being Seen Left Without Being Seen Percentage of emergency room patients who leave without being seen by a doctor. A lower percentage is better.	Not Available	Not Available
Broken Bones Broken Bones Average time patients spent in the emergency room with broken bones before they received pain medication.	Not Available	Not Available
CT Scan CT Scan Percentage of patients who arrived to the emergency room with stroke symptoms and received brain scan results within 45 minutes of arrival. A higher percentage of timely delivered scan results is better.	Not Available	Not Available
Discharge Time Discharge Time Average time discharged patients spent in the emergency room before being sent home. A lower discharge time is better.	Not Available	Not Available
ER Volume ER Volume The Emergency Department Volume (EDV) measure is based on the volume of patients seen per year and is provided by the hospital for the Outpatient Quality Reporting Program. Very High: values greater than 60,000 patients per year. High: values ranging from 40,000 to 59,999 patients per year. Medium: values ranging from 20,000 to 39,999 patients per year. Low: Values below 19,999 patients per year.	Not Available	Not Available
ER Waiting Time ER Waiting Time Average wait time patients spent in the emergency room before being seen by a doctor. A lower waiting time is better.	Not Available	Not Available
Aspirin at Arrival Aspirin at Arrival Percentage of patients with chest pain or possible heart attack who received aspirin within 24 hours of arrival or before being transferred out of the emergency department. A higher percentage is better.	Not Available	Not Available
Fibrinolytic Therapy Received Within 30 Minutes Fibrinolytic Therapy Received Within 30 Minutes Percentage of patients with chest pain or possible heart attack who received fibrinolytic therapy (drugs to break up blood clots) having a time from ER arrival to fibrinolysis of 30 minutes or less. The time to fibrinolytic therapy is a strong predictor of outcome in patients with an acute myocardial infarction. A higher percentage is better.	Not Available	Not Available
Median Time to Fibrinolysis Median Time to Fibrinolysis Average time from arrival to administration of fibrinolytic therapy in ED patients with ST-segment elevation or left bundle branch block (LBBB) on the electrocardiogram (ECG) performed closest to ED arrival and prior to transfer. A lower time to fibrinolysis is better.	Not Available	Not Available
Time to ECG Time to ECG Average time from ER arrival to ECG for patients with chest pain or possible heart attack. A lower time to ECG is better.	Not Available	Not Available
Transfer Time for Acute Coronary Intervention Transfer Time for Acute Coronary Intervention Average time before patients with chest pain or possible heart attack who needed specialized care were transferred to another hospital. A lower transfer time is better.	Not Available	Not Available
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The timely and effective care compare information concerns how efficiently hospitals act to recommend the necessary treatments for conditions like stroke, asthma and heart attack. For individuals this information enables them to choose hospitals where they can be assured that they will be treated in a timely manner, and with the recommended treatments.