Patient Safety and Quality

Core Measures

Heart Failure Care

For patients diagnosed with heart failure, there are certain treatment guidelines that, if followed, will help those patients recover faster and with fewer complications. The chart below outlines these treatment guidelines and compares UMMC's performance in these key measures with national averages. For more information, please click on any of the underlined measures below.

Safe and Effective Care	National	UMMC	UMMC	UMMC	UMMC
		Jul.-Sep. 2011	Oct.-Dec. 2011	Jan.-Mar. 2012	Apr.-Jun. 2012
Discharge Instructions Percent of heart failure patients given specific discharge instructions.	91%	90.6%	90.8%	92%	88.4%
LVF Assessment Percent of heart failure patients given a left ventricle function (LVF) assessment.	99%	100%	100%	100%	100%
ACEI or ARB for LVSD Percent of heart failure patients prescribed an ACE inhibitor or ARB for left ventricular systolic dysfuntion (LVSD).	96%	100%	100%	100%	97.9%

Source: The Joint Commmission

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This page was last updated on: October 22, 2012.