Hospital Compare - U.S. Department of Health & Human Services

U.S. Department of Health & Human ServicesThe United States Department of Health & Human Services compares hospital data compiled from mandatory Medicare reporting.

This data is used to compare a wide range of process-of-care measures and outcome-of-care measures to provide consumers and physicians unbiased measures of hospital performance on the Hospital Compare section of its Web site.

 

Death rates

 

Holston
Valley
Medical
Center

 

Bristol
Regional
Medical
Center

 

Johnson
City
Medical
Center

 

Indian
Path
Medical
Center

 

Johnston
Memorial
Hospital

 

Pikeville
Medical
Center

 
Heart attack patients  No different than U.S. national rate No different than U.S. national rate No different than U.S. national rate No different than U.S. national rate No different than U.S. national rate Worse than U.S. national rate 
Heart failure patients  No different than U.S. national rate No different than U.S. national rate No different than U.S. national rate No different than U.S. national rate No different than U.S. national rate No different than U.S. national rate 
Pneumonia patients  No different than U.S. national rate No different than U.S. national rate No different than U.S. national rate No different than U.S. national rate No different than U.S. national rate  Worse than
U.S. national rate 

 

Readmission rates

 

Holston
Valley
Medical
Center

 

Bristol
Regional
Medical
Center

 

Johnson
City
Medical
Center

 

Indian
Path
Medical
Center

 

Johnston
Memorial
Hospital

 

Pikeville
Medical
Center

 
Heart attack patients  No different than U.S. national rate No different than U.S. national rate Worse than U.S. national rate  No different than U.S. national rate No different than U.S. national rate No different than U.S. national rate
Heart failure patients  No different than U.S. national rate No different than U.S. national rate No different than U.S. national rate  No different than U.S. national rate No different than U.S. national rate No different than U.S. national rate
Pneumonia patients  No different than U.S. national rate No different than U.S. national rate No different than U.S. national rate No different than U.S. national rate No different than U.S. national rate No different than U.S. national rate

 

Surgery and outpatient data

 

Holston
Valley
Medical
Center

 

Bristol
Regional
Medical
Center

 

Johnson
City
Medical
Center

 

Indian
Path
Medical
Center

 

Johnston
Memorial
Hospital

 

Pikeville
Medical
Center

 
Surgery patients who were taking beta blockers before coming to the hospital and were kept on beta blockers during the period just before and after surgery  89%* 72%* 96%* 95%* 91%* 91%*
Heart surgery patients whose blood sugar is kept under good control in the days just after surgery  98%* 82%* 90%* Not Available* Not Available* 81%*
Surgery patients whose doctors ordered treatments to prevent blood clots after certain types of surgeries  97%* 81%* 86%* 97% 91%* 93%*

 

Heart attack data

 

Holston
Valley
Medical
Center

 

Bristol
Regional
Medical
Center

 

Johnson
City
Medical
Center

 

Indian
Path
Medical
Center

 

Johnston
Memorial
Hospital

 

Pikeville
Medical
Center

 
Patients given aspirin at arrival  100%* 98%* 98%* 98%* 94%* 99%
Patients given aspirin at discharge  100%* 99%* 99%* 98%* 87%* 100%
Patients given ACE inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)  100%* 91%* 94%* 92%*¹ 80%*¹ 94%
Patients given smoking cessation advice/counseling  100%* 100%* 100%* 100%*¹ 86%*¹ 100%
Patients given beta blocker at discharge  99%* 99%* 97%* 100%* 92%* 99%
Patients given PCI within 90 minutes of arrival  92%* 96%* 88%* 75%*¹ Not Available* 88%

 

Heart failure data

 

Holston
Valley
Medical
Center

 

Bristol
Regional
Medical
Center

 

Johnson
City
Medical
Center

 

Indian
Path
Medical
Center

 

Johnston
Memorial
Hospital

 

Pikeville
Medical
Center

 
Patients given discharge instructions  99%* 94%* 77%* 81%* 84%* 97%
Patients given an evaluation of Left Ventricular Systolic (LVS) function  97%* 97%* 99%* 99%* 95%* 99%
Patients given ACE inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)  98%* 87%* 85%* 100%* 80%* 91%
Patients given smoking cessation advice/counseling  98%* 100%* 100%* 100%* 62%*¹ 100%

 

* The hospital indicated that the data submitted for this measure were based on a sample of cases.
¹ The number of cases is too small to be sure how well a hospital is performing.
² No patients met the criteria for inclusion in the measure calculation.
³ Data were collected during a shorter time period (fewer quarters) than the maximum possible time for this measure.
† No data is available from the hospital for this measure.

Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Retrieval Date: September 2011

 

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