PLAINS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

Plains Memorial Hospital is a critical access hospital located in Dimmitt, TX 79027 that serves the Castro county area. This facility is a public hospital with NO emergency services.

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

• 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 TX.
• Emergency Department: better performance with time before admission Emergency Department: better performance with time before admission
  The provider's Emergency Department performance of 141 minutes for time before admission is better than the statewide average of 274 minutes in Texas.
• Emergency Department: better performance with transfer time Emergency Department: better performance with transfer time
  The provider's Emergency Department performance of 6 minutes for transfer time is better than the statewide average of 99 minutes in Texas.
• 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 95% average score of Texas.