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Clinical Quality Measures
Heart Failure
The information below shows how often St. Anthony's provided recommended treatment for people with heart failure.
Heart failure also called Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) occurs when the right or left side of the heart is unable to pump blood at a sufficient rate which results in fluid overload in the lungs or body.
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Above average
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Near average
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Below average
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| Percent of Patients: | St. Anthony's |
National Average |
| Given ACE inhibitor or ARB for left ventricular systolic
dysfunction
Why is it important? ACE inhibitors and ARBs are medicines used to treat heart attacks, heart failure of a decreased function of the heart.
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90% | 89% |
| Given assessment of left ventricular
function
Why is it important? An LVF assessment checks how the left chamber of the heart is pumping.
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96% | 90% |
| Given discharge instructions
Why is it important? The staff at the hospital should provide you with information to help you manage your heart failure symptoms when you are discharged.
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61% | 77% |
| Given smoking cessation advice or counseling
Why is it important? Smoking is linked to heart failure.
Quitting may help prevent another heart attack.
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98% | 92% |
| Risk adjusted death (mortality) from heart failure
(data reported 7/2005-6/2008)
Why is it important? These comparisons take into account how sick patients were before they were admitted to the hospital and differences in death rates that might be due to chance.
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10.4% | 11.1% |
| Rate of Readmission for heart failure
(data reported 7/2005-6/2008)
Why is it important? There are many reasons why patients are readmitted to a hospital within 30 days of a hospital stay. When a hospital has a lower (better) risk-adjusted rate of readmission, it may mean that the hospital, physicians, and other healthcare professionals are doing a better job treating patients during their first hospital stay and preparing them for discharge and follow-up care after they leave the hospital.
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26.6% | 24.5% |
Source: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) data reported 4/2008-3/2009
Data Updated: 12/16/2009
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