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Quality & Outcome

From the latest technology to compassionate nursing care, we strive to  provide the very best healthcare to our patients. At Iowa Health - Des Moines, we want to deliver safe, effective and patient-centered care to each of our patients. And, we want you to know how and what we are doing to keep our commitment to our community.  

 

National Quality Indicators

Hospitals can vary in the quality of care they provide. Key quality measurements for hospital-acquired infections, heart care, surgical care, congestive heart failure care and pneumonia care are one way to see how well a hospital is caring for its patients. This chart shows our most recent clinical data provided to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; it will be available on their web site later this year.

 

 

4Q '09 through 3Q '10

 

Voluntary Reporting Measures

ILH

IMMC

State Average  

National Average   

Heart Attack Care 

 

Aspirin at Arrival 

 

99%

99%

99%

99%  

 

Aspirin at Discharge 

 

100%

99%

99%

99%

 

ACEI or ARB for LVSD

 

100%

96%

96%

96%

 

Adult Smoking Cessation Advice

 

97%

100% 

99%

100%

 

Beta Blocker Prescribed at Discharge

 

98%

99%

95%

98% 

 

PCI Received within 90 min

 

96%

90%

92%

90%


Congestive Heart Failure

 

Discharge Instructions

 

59%

78%

87%

89% 

 

LVF Assessment

 

99%

99%

95%

98%  

 

ACE or ARB for LVSD 

 

100%

89%

93%

95%

 

Adult Smoking Cessation Advice 

 

100%

100%

97%

99%


 Pneumonia

 

Pneumococcal Vaccination

 

95%

98%

94%

93%  

 

Blood Cultures in ED Prior to Antibiotic 

 

95%

95%

97%

96% 

 

Adult Smoking Cessation Advice 

 

94%

100% 

95% 

97%

 

Antibiotic within 6 hours after Arrival 

 

99%

97% 

97% 

95%  

 

Initial Antibiotic for Immunocompetent Patients

 

90%

76%

92%

92%

 

Influenza Vaccination 

 

97%

93%

92%

91%


Surg Care Imp Project 

Preventative antibiotic within 1 hour prior to incision

 

99%

95%

98%

97%

 

Appropriate preventative antibiotic for the surgery

 

98%

 98%

98%

 97%

 

Preventative antibiotic discontinued within 24 hours after end of surgery 

96%

 

96%

 

95%

95%

 

Cardiac surgery patients with controlled 6 a.m. postoperative blood glucose

 

79%

80%

90%

94%

 

Urinary Catheter removal postoperative Day 1 or  2

96%

95%

92%

91%

 

Beta-Blockers given perioperative if taken prior to admission

 

99%

99%

95%

93%

 

Surgery patients with recommended blood clot prevention ordered

 

89%

97%

93%

94%

 

Surgery patients who received appropriate blood clot prevention within 24 hours before and after surgery

 

87%

 96%

92%

93%