PERFORMANCE AT SURGICAL SPECIALTY CENTER OF BATON ROUGE

Acute Care Hospital in Baton Rouge, LA 70810

Performance: Timely and Effective Care - Process of Care Measures

SURGICAL SPECIALTY CENTER OF BATON ROUGE
8080 Bluebonnet Blvd Baton Rouge, LA 70810
Phone: (225) 408-5730

The measures of timely and effective care at Surgical Specialty Center Of Baton Rouge 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.

Preventive Care

Hospitals play a key role in promoting and educating patients about preventive services like immunizations, screenings, treatment, and lifestyle changes the preventive care measures shows how well hospitals are providing preventive services in their communities.

Measure	Hospital Average	How this Hospital Compares
Patients Flu Immunization	90% Measure: Patients Flu Immunization This preventive care measure is based on a sample size of 142. Sample data was collected between 10/01/2014 and 03/31/2015	Percentage of patients assessed and given influenza vaccination. A higher percentage of vaccinated patients is better.
Healthcare Workers Flu Immunization	90% Measure: Healthcare Workers Flu Immunization This preventive care measure is based on a sample size of 272. Sample data was collected between 10/01/2014 and 03/31/2015	Healthcare workers given influenza vaccination. A higher percentage of vaccinated workers 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 37. 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 37. 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.
VTE Prophylaxis	63% Measure: VTE Prophylaxis 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 patients who got treatment within 24 hours before or after their surgery to help prevent blood clots after certain types of 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 37. 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.

Blood Clot Care

The blood clot care quality measures show how well hospitals provide the recommended treatments that might prevent or treat blood clots.

Measure	Hospital Average	How this Hospital Compares
Treatment to Prevent Blood Clots	68% Measure: Treatment to Prevent Blood Clots This blood clot prevention and treatment measure is based on a sample size of 118. Sample data was collected between 04/01/2014 and 03/31/2015	Percentage of patients who got treatment to prevent blood clots on the day of or day after hospital admission or surgery. A higher percentage is better.