STARR REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER ATHENS

Starr Regional Medical Center Athens is an acute care hospital located in Athens, TN 37371 that serves the Mcminn county area. This facility is a proprietary hospital with emergency services.

We have identified the following individual quality measures where Starr Regional Medical Center Athens has better average ratings than other hospitals in Tennessee or where the hospital is performing better compared to national averages or benchmarks.

• 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 TN.
• Emergency Department: better performance with time before admission Emergency Department: better performance with time before admission
  The provider's Emergency Department performance of 210 minutes for time before admission is better than the statewide average of 244 minutes in Tennessee.
• Emergency Department: better performance with transfer time Emergency Department: better performance with transfer time
  The provider's Emergency Department performance of 52 minutes for transfer time is better than the statewide average of 78 minutes in Tennessee.
• 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 99% average score of Tennessee.
• 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 95% average score of Tennessee.
• Heart Attack or Chest Pain: better performance with median time to fibrinolysis Heart Attack or Chest Pain: better performance with median time to fibrinolysis
  The provider's Heart Attack or Chest Pain performance of 26 minutes for median time to fibrinolysis is better than the statewide average of 27 minutes in Tennessee.
• Emergency Department: better performance with discharge time Emergency Department: better performance with discharge time
  The provider's Emergency Department performance of 90 minutes for discharge time is better than the statewide average of 133 minutes in Tennessee.
• Heart Attack or Chest Pain: better performance with fibrinolytic therapy received within 30 minutes Heart Attack or Chest Pain: better performance with fibrinolytic therapy received within 30 minutes
  The provider's Heart Attack or Chest Pain performance score of 84% for the quality measure fibrinolytic therapy received within 30 minutes is better than the 61% average score of Tennessee.
• Emergency Department: better performance with er waiting time Emergency Department: better performance with er waiting time
  The provider's Emergency Department performance of 14 minutes for er waiting time is better than the statewide average of 23 minutes in Tennessee.
• Emergency Department: left without being seen Emergency Department: left without being seen
  The provider's Emergency Department performance score of 1% for the quality measure left without being seen is better than the 2% average score of Tennessee.
• 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 99% for the quality measure aspirin at arrival is better than the 96% average score of Tennessee.
• Heart Attack or Chest Pain: better performance with time to ecg Heart Attack or Chest Pain: better performance with time to ecg
  The provider's Heart Attack or Chest Pain performance of 4 minutes for time to ecg is better than the statewide average of 6 minutes in Tennessee.
• 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 97% for the quality measure pneumonia patients given antibiotic(s) is better than the 95% average score of Tennessee.
• Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with treatment to prevent blood clots Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with treatment to prevent blood clots
  The provider's Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment performance score of 100% for the quality measure treatment to prevent blood clots is better than the 90% average score of Tennessee.
• Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with icu treatment to prevent blood clots Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with icu treatment to prevent blood clots
  The provider's Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment performance score of 99% for the quality measure icu treatment to prevent blood clots is better than the 96% average score of Tennessee.
• Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with discharged with blood thinner Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with discharged with blood thinner
  The provider's Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment performance score of 93% for the quality measure discharged with blood thinner is better than the 91% average score of Tennessee.