CMS Quality Measures
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Top Hospitals represents
the top 10% of hospitals nationwide. Top hospitals achieved a 100% rate or
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Why is this Important? The heart is a muscle that gets
oxygen through blood vessels. Sometimes blood clots can block these blood
vessels, and the heart can’t get enough oxygen. This can cause a heart attack.
Chewing an aspirin as soon as symptoms of a heart attack begin may help reduce
the severity of the attack. This chart shows the percent of heart attack
patients who were given (or took) aspirin within 24 hours of arrival at the
hospital.
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Top Hospitals represents
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Why is this Important?
Beta blockers are a type of medicine that
is used to lower blood pressure, treat chest pain (angina) and heart failure,
and to help prevent a heart attack. Beta blockers relieve the stress on the
heart by slowing the heart rate and reducing the force with which the heart
muscle contracts (to pump blood). Most heart attack patients should be given a
beta blocker within 24 hours of arriving at the hospital.
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Top Hospitals represents
the top 10% of hospitals nationwide. Top hospitals achieved a 93% rate or
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Why is this Important?
Antibiotics are
used to treat adults with pneumonia caused by bacteria. Early treatment with antibiotics
can cure bacterial pneumonia and reduce the possibility of complications. This
information shows the percent of patients who were given their first dose of
antibiotics within 4 hours of arrival at the hospital. Patients who get
pneumonia during their stay at the hospital are not counted in this measure.
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Top Hospitals represents
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Why is this Important? Pneumonia
can lower oxygen in your blood because the air spaces in your lungs fill with
mucus. The oxygen you breathe does not get into your bloodstream. It is
important that the amount of oxygen in your blood be measured within 24 hours
of arriving at the hospital to see if you need oxygen therapy. The assessment
may include an
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Top Hospitals represents
the top 10% of hospitals nationwide. Top hospitals achieved a 94% rate or
better. |
Why is this Important?
Pneumonia is a lung
infection that is usually caused by bacteria or a virus. If pneumonia is caused
by bacteria, hospitals will treat the infection with antibiotics. Different
bacteria are treated with different antibiotics. To learn about how hospitals
use a blood test to choose the most effective treatment for pneumonia patients,
refer to the Process of Care measure named 'Percent of Pneumonia Patients Whose
Initial Emergency Room Blood Culture Was Performed Prior To The Administration
Of The First Hospital Dose Of Antibiotics'.