VERNON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

Vernon Memorial Hospital is a critical access hospital located in Viroqua, WI 54665 that serves the Vernon county area. This facility is a private non-profit hospital with emergency services.

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

• Excellent Cleanliness Rating Excellent Cleanliness Rating
  The provider's patient survey rating score for the quality measure cleanliness is excellent.
• Excellent Nurse Communication Rating Excellent Nurse Communication Rating
  The provider's patient survey rating score for the quality measure nurse communication is excellent.
• Excellent Doctor Communication Rating Excellent Doctor Communication Rating
  The provider's patient survey rating score for the quality measure doctor communication is excellent.
• Excellent Staff Responsiveness Rating Excellent Staff Responsiveness Rating
  The provider's patient survey rating score for the quality measure staff responsiveness is excellent.
• Excellent Pain Management Rating Excellent Pain Management Rating
  The provider's patient survey rating score for the quality measure pain management is excellent.
• Excellent Discharge Information Rating Excellent Discharge Information Rating
  The provider's patient survey rating score for the quality measure discharge information is excellent.
• Excellent Care Transition Rating Excellent Care Transition Rating
  The provider's patient survey rating score for the quality measure care transition is excellent.
• Excellent Overall Hospital Rating Excellent Overall Hospital Rating
  The provider's patient survey rating score for the quality measure overall hospital is excellent.
• Excellent Recommend Hospital Rating Excellent Recommend Hospital Rating
  The provider's patient survey rating score for the quality measure recommend hospital is excellent.
• Excellent Summary Star Rating Excellent Summary Star Rating
  The provider's patient survey rating score for the quality measure summary star is excellent.
• 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 WI.
• Emergency Department: better performance with time before admission Emergency Department: better performance with time before admission
  The provider's Emergency Department performance of 185 minutes for time before admission is better than the statewide average of 205 minutes in Wisconsin.
• Emergency Department: better performance with transfer time Emergency Department: better performance with transfer time
  The provider's Emergency Department performance of 59 minutes for transfer time is better than the statewide average of 62 minutes in Wisconsin.
• 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 Wisconsin.
• Emergency Department: better performance with discharge time Emergency Department: better performance with discharge time
  The provider's Emergency Department performance of 119 minutes for discharge time is better than the statewide average of 128 minutes in Wisconsin.
• Emergency Department: better performance with er waiting time Emergency Department: better performance with er waiting time
  The provider's Emergency Department performance of 11 minutes for er waiting time is better than the statewide average of 18 minutes in Wisconsin.
• Heart Attack or Chest Pain: better performance with transfer time for acute coronary intervention Heart Attack or Chest Pain: better performance with transfer time for acute coronary intervention
  The provider's Heart Attack or Chest Pain performance of 50 minutes for transfer time for acute coronary intervention is better than the statewide average of 52 minutes in Wisconsin.
• 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 98% average score of Wisconsin.
• 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 5 minutes for time to ecg is better than the statewide average of 7 minutes in Wisconsin.
• Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with antibiotic selection Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with antibiotic selection
  The provider's Surgical Care Improvement Project performance score of 100% for the quality measure antibiotic selection is better than the 99% average score of Wisconsin.