|
Heart Attack Care |
|
Percent of heart attack patients... |
LVH-CC |
LVH-M |
U.S. Average |
PA Average |
Who received aspirin within 24 hours of arrival.
|
99.3% |
99.4% |
93% |
95% |
Who were prescribed aspirin when leaving the hospital.
|
99% |
95.2% |
90% |
93% |
With left ventricular systolic dysfunction who were prescribed ACE inhibitors or ARB drugs at discharge.
|
91.1% |
88.2% |
85% |
82% |
With a history of smoking who received advice or counseling to quit smoking.
|
99.5% |
100% |
91% |
90% |
Who received beta blockers within 24 hours of arrival.
|
96.5% |
99.3% |
88% |
92% |
Who received beta blockers at discharge.
|
99.6% |
98.9% |
91% |
95% |
Who received angioplasty within 90 minutes of emergency department arrival.
|
84.3% |
83.9% |
60%* |
58%* |
Key
Green = Our results exceed the U.S. average
LVH-CC = Lehigh Valley Hospital - Cedar Crest
LVH-M = Lehigh Valley Hospital - Muhlenberg |
LVH data from April 2007 through March 2008
U.S. and PA data from hospitalcompare.hhs.gov, July 2006 through June 2007 (most current data available)
* U.S. and PA data from July 2006 through March 2007 (most current data available) |
