Heart Attack

1. Heart Attack Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival

Highlands Regional Medical Center
97% 
State Average
98% 
National Average
98% 
Top 10% of hospitals
100% 

Patient sample size: 30.

2. Heart Attack Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge

Highlands Regional Medical Center
100% 
State Average
98% 
National Average
98% 
Top 10% of hospitals
100% 

Patient sample size: 23.

3. Heart Attack Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)

Highlands Regional Medical Center
100% 
State Average
94% 
National Average
96% 
Top 10% of hospitals
100% 

Patient sample size: 3.

4. Heart Attack Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

Highlands Regional Medical Center
100% 
State Average
100% 
National Average
99% 
Top 10% of hospitals
100% 

Patient sample size: 7.

5. Heart Attack Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge

Highlands Regional Medical Center
91% 
State Average
98% 
National Average
98% 
Top 10% of hospitals
100% 

Patient sample size: 23.

6. Heart Attack Patients Given Fibrinolytic Medication Within 30 Minutes Of Arrival

Highlands Regional Medical Center
0%
State Average
53% 
National Average
54% 
Top 10% of hospitals
100% 

7. Heart Attack Patients Given PCI Within 90 Minutes Of Arrival

Highlands Regional Medical Center
0%
State Average
88% 
National Average
89% 
Top 10% of hospitals
100% 

8. Average number of minutes before outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack got an ECG (a lower number of minutes is better)

Highlands Regional Medical Center
10 
State Average
National Average
Top 10% of hospitals
3

Patient sample size: 263.

9. Outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack who got drugs to break up blood clots within 30 minutes of arrival (higher numbers are better)

Highlands Regional Medical Center
67% 
State Average
59% 
National Average
54% 
Top 10% of hospitals
100% 

Patient sample size: 3.

10. Outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack who got aspirin within 24 hours of arrival (higher numbers are better)

Highlands Regional Medical Center
86% 
State Average
95% 
National Average
95% 
Top 10% of hospitals
100% 

Patient sample size: 256.

11. Median Time to Fibrinolysis

Highlands Regional Medical Center
29 
State Average
0
National Average
0
Top 10% of hospitals
0

Patient sample size: 3.

Heart Failure

1. Heart Failure Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)

Highlands Regional Medical Center
85% 
State Average
91% 
National Average
94% 
Top 10% of hospitals
100% 

Patient sample size: 61.

2. Heart Failure Patients Given an Evaluation of Left Ventricular Systolic (LVS) Function

Highlands Regional Medical Center
97% 
State Average
96% 
National Average
98% 
Top 10% of hospitals
100% 

Patient sample size: 205.

3. Heart Failure Patients Given Discharge Instructions

Highlands Regional Medical Center
98% 
State Average
81% 
National Average
87% 
Top 10% of hospitals
100% 

Patient sample size: 171.

4. Heart Failure Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

Highlands Regional Medical Center
100% 
State Average
98% 
National Average
98% 
Top 10% of hospitals
100% 

Patient sample size: 34.

Pneumonia

1. Pneumonia Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination

Highlands Regional Medical Center
95% 
State Average
92% 
National Average
91% 
Top 10% of hospitals
100% 

Patient sample size: 132.

2. Pneumonia Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination

Highlands Regional Medical Center
91% 
State Average
93% 
National Average
92% 
Top 10% of hospitals
100% 

Patient sample size: 191.

3. Pneumonia Patients Given Initial Antibiotic(s) within 6 Hours After Arrival

Highlands Regional Medical Center
95% 
State Average
95% 
National Average
95% 
Top 10% of hospitals
100% 

Patient sample size: 261.

4. Pneumonia Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

Highlands Regional Medical Center
100% 
State Average
98% 
National Average
97% 
Top 10% of hospitals
100% 

Patient sample size: 99.

5. Pneumonia Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)

Highlands Regional Medical Center
87% 
State Average
89% 
National Average
91% 
Top 10% of hospitals
99% 

Patient sample size: 154.

6. Pneumonia Patients Whose Initial Emergency Room Blood Culture Was Performed Prior To The Administration Of The First Hospital Dose Of Antibiotics

Highlands Regional Medical Center
93% 
State Average
95% 
National Average
95% 
Top 10% of hospitals
100% 

Patient sample size: 165.

Surgical Care Improvement (SCIP)

1. Surgery patients who were given an antibiotic at the right time (within one hour before surgery) to help prevent infection

Highlands Regional Medical Center
100% 
State Average
97% 
National Average
96% 
Top 10% of hospitals
100% 

Patient sample size: 32.

2. Surgery patients who were given the right kind of antibiotic to help prevent infection

Highlands Regional Medical Center
97% 
State Average
98% 
National Average
97% 
Top 10% of hospitals
100% 

Patient sample size: 32.

3. Surgery patients whose preventive antibiotics were stopped at the right time (within 24 hours after surgery)

Highlands Regional Medical Center
90% 
State Average
94% 
National Average
94% 
Top 10% of hospitals
100% 

Patient sample size: 30.

4. Surgery patients whose doctors ordered treatments to prevent blood clots after certain types of surgeries

Highlands Regional Medical Center
100% 
State Average
94% 
National Average
94% 
Top 10% of hospitals
100% 

Patient sample size: 33.

5. Patients who got treatment at the right time (within 24 hours before or after their surgery) to help prevent blood clots after certain types of surgery

Highlands Regional Medical Center
100% 
State Average
91% 
National Average
92% 
Top 10% of hospitals
100% 

Patient sample size: 33.

6. Heart surgery patients whose blood sugar (blood glucose) is kept under good control in the days right after surgery

Highlands Regional Medical Center
0%
State Average
93% 
National Average
93% 
Top 10% of hospitals
99% 

7. Surgery patients needing hair removed from the surgical area before surgery, who had hair removed using a safer method (electric clippers or hair removal cream – not a razor)

Highlands Regional Medical Center
100% 
State Average
99% 
National Average
99% 
Top 10% of hospitals
100% 

Patient sample size: 81.

8. Surgery patients who were taking heart drugs called beta blockers before coming to the hospital, who were kept on the beta blockers during the period just before and after their surgery

Highlands Regional Medical Center
94% 
State Average
92% 
National Average
92% 
Top 10% of hospitals
100% 

Patient sample size: 17.

9. Outpatients having surgery who got an antibiotic at the right time - within one hour before surgery (higher numbers are better)

Highlands Regional Medical Center
93% 
State Average
91% 
National Average
92% 
Top 10% of hospitals
99% 

Patient sample size: 125.

10. Outpatients having surgery who got the right kind of antibiotic (higher numbers are better)

Highlands Regional Medical Center
92% 
State Average
93% 
National Average
94% 
Top 10% of hospitals
100% 

Patient sample size: 118.