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Percentages listed in each column tell you how often a care process was put into practice during the indicated time period. For example, the AMI table may list the AMI Core Measure, "Percent of Heart Attack Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival," along with the following percentages: 97% for Baylor All Saints, 94% for National and 92% for the State of Texas. This means that aspirin was administered within 24 hours of arrival for AMI patients 97% of the time at this hospital, 94% of the time in hospitals nationwide, 92% of the time in Texas hospitals.
Unless otherwise noted, these tables represent data as measured from April 1, 2009 - March 31, 2010.
Cardiovascular disease, including AMI (commonly called heart attack), is the leading cause of death in the United States. Each year, 900,000 Americans are diagnosed with AMI and 225,000 cases lead to death. For patients who are admitted with symptoms of heart attack, the following Core Measures are recommended care processes:
* No patients met the criteria for inclusion in the measure calculation
** Data Measured from 7/1/2009 - 3/31/2010
Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is the sixth most common cause of death in the United States. Every year, there are an estimated two to three million cases of CAP resulting in 500,000 hospitalizations and 45,000 deaths. The following are the Core Measures recommended to treat this condition.
Heart failure is a condition in which the heart muscle weakens and can't pump blood efficiently. About five million patients in the United States have HF, and more than 550,000 patients are newly diagnosed with HF each year. It is primarily a condition of the elderly; more Medicare dollars are spent for the diagnosis and treatment of HF than for any other diagnosis. The following Core Measures are recommended to treat this condition.
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Surgical site infections account for 15% of all hospital-acquired infections. Patients who develop surgical site infections are twice as likely to die as other surgical patients. The following Core Measures are recommended to treat this condition.
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