ASHE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

Ashe Memorial Hospital is a critical access hospital located in Jefferson, NC 28640 that serves the Ashe county area. This facility is a private non-profit hospital with emergency services.

We have identified the following individual quality measures where Ashe Memorial Hospital has better average ratings than other hospitals in North Carolina or where the hospital is performing better compared to national averages or benchmarks.

• Excellent Nurse Communication Rating Excellent Nurse Communication Rating
  The provider's patient survey rating score for the quality measure nurse communication is excellent.
• Excellent Doctor Communication Rating Excellent Doctor Communication Rating
  The provider's patient survey rating score for the quality measure doctor communication is excellent.
• Better performance with the effective use of cardiac imaging for preoperative risk assessment Better performance with the effective use of cardiac imaging for preoperative risk assessment
  The provider's use of cardiac imaging for preoperative risk assessment is better and more effective compared to the average hospital rate in the state of NC.
• Emergency Department: better performance with time before admission Emergency Department: better performance with time before admission
  The provider's Emergency Department performance of 226 minutes for time before admission is better than the statewide average of 288 minutes in North Carolina.
• Emergency Department: better performance with transfer time Emergency Department: better performance with transfer time
  The provider's Emergency Department performance of 53 minutes for transfer time is better than the statewide average of 95 minutes in North Carolina.
• Preventive Care: better performance with patients flu immunization Preventive Care: better performance with patients flu immunization
  The provider's Preventive Care performance score of 97% for the quality measure patients flu immunization is better than the 96% average score of North Carolina.
• Heart Attack or Chest Pain: better performance with median time to fibrinolysis Heart Attack or Chest Pain: better performance with median time to fibrinolysis
  The provider's Heart Attack or Chest Pain performance of 27 minutes for median time to fibrinolysis is better than the statewide average of 28 minutes in North Carolina.
• Emergency Department: better performance with discharge time Emergency Department: better performance with discharge time
  The provider's Emergency Department performance of 150 minutes for discharge time is better than the statewide average of 151 minutes in North Carolina.
• Heart Attack or Chest Pain: better performance with fibrinolytic therapy received within 30 minutes Heart Attack or Chest Pain: better performance with fibrinolytic therapy received within 30 minutes
  The provider's Heart Attack or Chest Pain performance score of 64% for the quality measure fibrinolytic therapy received within 30 minutes is better than the 61% average score of North Carolina.
• Emergency Department: better performance with er waiting time Emergency Department: better performance with er waiting time
  The provider's Emergency Department performance of 25 minutes for er waiting time is better than the statewide average of 30 minutes in North Carolina.
• Heart Attack or Chest Pain: better performance with aspirin at arrival Heart Attack or Chest Pain: better performance with aspirin at arrival
  The provider's Heart Attack or Chest Pain performance score of 100% for the quality measure aspirin at arrival is better than the 98% average score of North Carolina.
• Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with antibiotic within 1 hour Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with antibiotic within 1 hour
  The provider's Surgical Care Improvement Project performance score of 100% for the quality measure antibiotic within 1 hour is better than the 99% average score of North Carolina.
• Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with antibiotic selection Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with antibiotic selection
  The provider's Surgical Care Improvement Project performance score of 100% for the quality measure antibiotic selection is better than the 99% average score of North Carolina.
• Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with antibiotic discontinued after 24 hours Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with antibiotic discontinued after 24 hours
  The provider's Surgical Care Improvement Project performance score of 100% for the quality measure antibiotic discontinued after 24 hours is better than the 99% average score of North Carolina.
• Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with catheter removal Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with catheter removal
  The provider's Surgical Care Improvement Project performance score of 100% for the quality measure catheter removal is better than the 99% average score of North Carolina.