PERFORMANCE AT CRETE AREA MEDICAL CENTER

Critical Access Hospital in Crete, NE 68333

Performance: Timely and Effective Care - Process of Care Measures

CRETE AREA MEDICAL CENTER
P O Box 220, 2910 Betten Dr Crete, NE 68333
Phone: (402) 826-2102

The measures of timely and effective care at Crete Area Medical Center show how rapidly patients received recommended treatments known to get the best results for certain medical conditions. The timely and effective care measures (also known as “process of care” measures) indicate the percentage of patients who received timely treatments for common conditions, serious medical conditions or surgical procedures. These quality measures only apply to patients for whom the recommended treatment would be appropriate.

The data and graphs below compare applicable quality measures with state and national averages. Notice that small differences between different hospitals wont necessary indicate a material difference in the real world.

Heart Attack Care

The heart attack quality measures show how often or how quickly hospitals follow the best practices for the treatment of heart attacks which scientific evidence suggests might get the best results for people with certain common heart conditions.

Measure	Hospital Average	How this Hospital Compares
Time to ECG	4 minutes Measure: Time to ECG This heart attack or chest pain measure is based on a sample size of 11. Sample data was collected between 04/01/2014 and 03/31/2015	Average time from ER arrival to ECG for patients with chest pain or possible heart attack. ^[3] A lower time to ECG is better.
Aspirin at Arrival	100% Measure: Aspirin at Arrival This heart attack or chest pain measure is based on a sample size of 11. Sample data was collected between 04/01/2014 and 03/31/2015	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. ^[3] A higher percentage is better.

Pneumonia Care

Pneumonia is a lung infection that might be by caused by a bacteria or a virus. If the cause of pneumonia is bacterial, hospitals will treat the infection with the appropriate antibiotics.

Measure	Hospital Average	How this Hospital Compares
Pneumonia Patients given Antibiotic(s)	100% Measure: Pneumonia Patients given Antibiotic(s) This pneumonia measure is based on a sample size of 11. Sample data was collected between 04/01/2014 and 03/31/2015	Percentage of patients with pneumonia who received an initial antibiotic regimen during the first 24 hours consistent with current guidelines. A higher percentage is better.

Surgical Care

The surgical care measures show how well hospitals follow the best practices of surgical care that help prevent complications after certain surgeries like colon surgery, hip replacement, knee replacement, hysterectomy, cardiac surgery and vascular surgery.

Measure	Hospital Average	How this Hospital Compares
Antibiotic within 1 Hour	100% Measure: Antibiotic within 1 Hour This surgical care improvement project measure is based on a sample size of 19. Sample data was collected between 04/01/2014 and 03/31/2015	Percentage of surgery patients who were given an antibiotic within one hour before surgery to help prevent infection. A higher percentage is better.
Antibiotic Discontinued After 24 Hours	100% Measure: Antibiotic Discontinued After 24 Hours This surgical care improvement project measure is based on a sample size of 19. Sample data was collected between 04/01/2014 and 03/31/2015	Percentage of surgery patients whose preventive antibiotics were stopped within 24 hours after surgery. A higher percentage is better.
Antibiotic Selection	100% Measure: Antibiotic Selection This surgical care improvement project measure is based on a sample size of 19. Sample data was collected between 04/01/2014 and 03/31/2015	Percentage of surgery patients who were given the right kind of antibiotic to help prevent infection. A higher percentage is better.

Footnotes:

[3] Results are based on a shorter time period than required.