METROPOLITAN HOSPITAL

Metropolitan Hospital is an acute care hospital located in San Juan, PR 00915 that serves the San Juan county area. This facility is a proprietary hospital with emergency services.

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

• Emergency Department: better performance with time before admission Emergency Department: better performance with time before admission
  The provider's Emergency Department performance of 650 minutes for time before admission is better than the statewide average of 771 minutes in Puerto Rico.
• Emergency Department: better performance with transfer time Emergency Department: better performance with transfer time
  The provider's Emergency Department performance of 238 minutes for transfer time is better than the statewide average of 245 minutes in Puerto Rico.
• 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 98% for the quality measure evaluation of left ventricular function is better than the 94% average score of Puerto Rico.
• Preventive Care: better performance with patients flu immunization Preventive Care: better performance with patients flu immunization
  The provider's Preventive Care performance score of 90% for the quality measure patients flu immunization is better than the 35% average score of Puerto Rico.
• 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 81% average score of Puerto Rico.
• 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 98% for the quality measure antibiotic within 1 hour is better than the 90% average score of Puerto Rico.
• 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 92% for the quality measure antibiotic discontinued after 24 hours is better than the 86% average score of Puerto Rico.
• 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 92% average score of Puerto Rico.
• Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with vte prophylaxis Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with vte prophylaxis
  The provider's Surgical Care Improvement Project performance score of 100% for the quality measure vte prophylaxis is better than the 91% average score of Puerto Rico.