Quality of Care
Everyone's talking about the importance of quality in healthcare, but
what does quality mean? When comparing hospitals, quality is measured
in two different ways - using outcome data and process data.
Outcome quality data is based on mortality. In other words, it evaluates
the number of patient deaths that occur at a hospital expressed as a percent
of the total number of patients in the hospital. Outcome quality data
is often risk-adjusted, taking into consideration the complexity of each
patient's case and his or her likelihood to survive based on his or
her specific condition and diagnosis.
Process quality data is based on the hospital's frequency of following
the best practices or processes that have been shown through research
to deliver the best results for most patients. For example, national research
shows that giving patients an antibiotic within one hour before surgery
reduces their risk of developing infections related to the surgery. Because
patients tend to do better when this action or process is followed, this
is an industry-wide quality measure.
While the two measures are very different, both are tracked by nationally
recognized organizations and help hospitals identify areas in need of
improvement.
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Process Quality Data 2
July - September 2016
Compared to National Average
Baton Rouge General
National Average
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Immunizations
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Influenza Vaccination
99%
93%
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Stroke Care
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Received treatments to prevent blood clots
100%
98%
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Received medicine to break up a blood clot within 3 hours after symptoms started
100%
89%
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Received medication to reduce complications from blood clots
98%
98%
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Received anticoagulation therapy for a certain type of irregular heartbeat
100%
97%
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Received a prescription for a Statin upon discharge
98%
97%
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Received a prescription for a blood thinner upon discharge
100%
99%
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Received written educational materials about stroke care and prevention
during the hospital stay
100%
95%
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Evaluated for rehabilitation services
100%
99%
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Venous Thromboembolism (VTE)
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Venous Thromboembolism Warfarin Therapy Discharge Instructions
100%
93%
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Perinatal Care
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Elective Delivery
14%
2%
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ED Throughput
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Inpatient: Median time from ED arrival to ED departure for admitted ED patients
398 minutes
258 minutes
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Outpatient: Median time from ED arrival to ED departure for discharged
ED patients
185 minutes
138 minutes
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1 Outcome quality data is based on mortality. In other words, it evaluates
the number of patients admitted to a hospital versus the number of patient
deaths that occur at a hospital. Outcome quality data is often risk-adjusted,
taking into consideration the complexity of each patient's case and
their likelihood to survive based on their specific condition and diagnosis.
This score is provided by Premier Clinical Adviser.
2 Process quality data is based on the hospital's frequency of following
best practices or processes that have been shown through research to deliver
the best results for most patients. So for example, national research
shows that giving patients an antibiotic within one hour before surgery
reduces their risk of developing infections related to the surgery. Because
patients tend to do better when this process is followed, this is an industry-wide
quality measure. Unless otherwise noted, the national average data reflects
the average of all CMS scores as reported on CMS Hospital Compare.
*Refers to average scores as reported by the Joint Commission.