JEFFERSON COUNTY HEALTH CENTER

Jefferson County Health Center is a critical access hospital located in Fairfield, IA 52556 that serves the Jefferson county area. This facility is a public hospital with emergency services.

We have identified the following individual quality measures where Jefferson County Health Center has better average ratings than other hospitals in Iowa 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 Overall Hospital Rating Excellent Overall Hospital Rating
  The provider's patient survey rating score for the quality measure overall hospital is excellent.
• Excellent Recommend Hospital Rating Excellent Recommend Hospital Rating
  The provider's patient survey rating score for the quality measure recommend hospital 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 IA.
• 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 IA.
• Heart Failure: better performance with evaluation of left ventricular function Heart Failure: better performance with evaluation of left ventricular function
  The provider's Heart Failure performance score of 100% for the quality measure evaluation of left ventricular function is better than the 97% average score of Iowa.
• Preventive Care: better performance with patients flu immunization Preventive Care: better performance with patients flu immunization
  The provider's Preventive Care performance score of 98% for the quality measure patients flu immunization is better than the 93% average score of Iowa.
• Pneumonia: better performance with pneumonia patients given antibiotic(s) Pneumonia: better performance with pneumonia patients given antibiotic(s)
  The provider's Pneumonia performance score of 94% for the quality measure pneumonia patients given antibiotic(s) is better than the 92% average score of Iowa.