PERFORMANCE AT WICKENBURG COMMUNITY HOSPITAL

Critical Access Hospital in Wickenburg, AZ 85390

Performance: Timely and Effective Care - Process of Care Measures

WICKENBURG COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
520 Rose Lane Wickenburg, AZ 85390
Phone: (928) 684-5421

The measures of timely and effective care at Wickenburg Community Hospital 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.

Heart Attack Care

The heart attack quality measures show how often or how quickly hospitals follow the best practices for the treatment of heart attacks which scientific evidence suggests might get the best results for people with certain common heart conditions.

Measure	Hospital Average	How this Hospital Compares
Time to ECG	11 minutes Measure: Time to ECG This heart attack or chest pain measure is based on a sample size of 49. Sample data was collected between 04/01/2014 and 03/31/2015	Average time from ER arrival to ECG for patients with chest pain or possible heart attack. A lower time to ECG is better.
Transfer Time for Acute Coronary Intervention	1 hour 50 minutes Measure: Transfer Time for Acute Coronary Intervention This heart attack or chest pain measure is based on a sample size of 13. Sample data was collected between 04/01/2014 and 03/31/2015	Average time before patients with chest pain or possible heart attack who needed specialized care were transferred to another hospital. A lower transfer time is better.
Aspirin at Arrival	77% Measure: Aspirin at Arrival This heart attack or chest pain measure is based on a sample size of 48. Sample data was collected between 04/01/2014 and 03/31/2015	Percentage of patients with chest pain or possible heart attack who received aspirin within 24 hours of arrival or before being transferred out of the emergency department. A higher percentage is better.