UNION GENERAL HOSPITAL

Union General Hospital is a critical access hospital located in Farmerville, LA 71241 that serves the Union county area. This facility is a private non-profit hospital with emergency services.

We have identified the following individual quality measures where Union General Hospital has better average ratings than other hospitals in Louisiana 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 LA.
• Emergency Department: better performance with time before admission Emergency Department: better performance with time before admission
  The provider's Emergency Department performance of 197 minutes for time before admission is better than the statewide average of 255 minutes in Louisiana.
• Emergency Department: better performance with transfer time Emergency Department: better performance with transfer time
  The provider's Emergency Department performance of 49 minutes for transfer time is better than the statewide average of 86 minutes in Louisiana.
• 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 Louisiana.
• Preventive Care: better performance with patients flu immunization Preventive Care: better performance with patients flu immunization
  The provider's Preventive Care performance score of 100% for the quality measure patients flu immunization is better than the 92% average score of Louisiana.
• 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 98% for the quality measure aspirin at arrival is better than the 94% average score of Louisiana.
• 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 10 minutes in Louisiana.
• 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 100% for the quality measure pneumonia patients given antibiotic(s) is better than the 92% average score of Louisiana.