BOX BUTTE GENERAL HOSPITAL

Box Butte General Hospital is a critical access hospital located in Alliance, NE 69301 that serves the Box Butte county area. This facility is a public hospital with emergency services.

We have identified the following individual quality measures where Box Butte General Hospital has better average ratings than other hospitals in Nebraska or where the hospital is performing better compared to national averages or benchmarks.

• Excellent Discharge Information Rating Excellent Discharge Information Rating
  The provider's patient survey rating score for the quality measure discharge information is excellent.
• Better performance with the effective use of abdomen CT use of contrast material Better performance with the effective use of abdomen CT use of contrast material
  The provider's use of abdomen CT use of contrast material is better and more effective compared to the average hospital rate in the state of NE.
• Better performance with the effective use of thorax CT use of contrast material Better performance with the effective use of thorax CT use of contrast material
  The provider's use of thorax CT use of contrast material is better and more effective compared to the average hospital rate in the state of NE.
• 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 NE.
• Better performance with the effective use of simultaneous use of brain CT and sinus CT Better performance with the effective use of simultaneous use of brain CT and sinus CT
  The provider's use of simultaneous use of brain CT and sinus CT is better and more effective compared to the average hospital rate in the state of NE.
• Emergency Department: better performance with time before admission Emergency Department: better performance with time before admission
  The provider's Emergency Department performance of 189 minutes for time before admission is better than the statewide average of 205 minutes in Nebraska.
• 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 74 minutes in Nebraska.
• Emergency Department: better performance with discharge time Emergency Department: better performance with discharge time
  The provider's Emergency Department performance of 123 minutes for discharge time is better than the statewide average of 131 minutes in Nebraska.
• 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 97% average score of Nebraska.
• Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with beta-blocker prior to admission Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with beta-blocker prior to admission
  The provider's Surgical Care Improvement Project performance score of 100% for the quality measure beta-blocker prior to admission is better than the 98% average score of Nebraska.
• 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 98% average score of Nebraska.