DECATUR COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (GREENSBURG, IN) Detailed Hospital Profile

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Average number of minutes before outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack got an ECG

This Hospital:	10
Indiana:	6

Outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack who got aspirin within 24 hours of arrival

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	96.0%

Heart Failure

Percent of patients who were given an evaluation of Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	98.6%

Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions

This Hospital:	96.0%
State:	91.0%

Pneumonia

Percent of Patients Given Initial Antibiotic(s) within 6 Hours After Arrival

This Hospital:	100.0%
Indiana:	96.7%

Percent of Patients Whose Initial ER Blood Culture Was Performed Prior To Administration Of First Dose Of Antibiotics

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	96.7%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

Here:	86.0%
Indiana:	99.0%

Percent of Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)

This Hospital:	95.0%
Indiana:	93.3%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination

Here:	100.0%
State:	94.9%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination

This Hospital:	96.0%
Indiana:	96.3%

Surgery

Percent of Surgery Patients given an antibiotic at the right time (within one hour before surgery) to help prevent infection

Here:	100.0%
Indiana:	97.9%

Percent of Surgery Patients whose preventive antibiotics were stopped at the right time (within 24 hours after surgery)

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	97.2%

Percent of Surgery Patients who were given the right kind of antibiotic to help prevent infection

Here:	100.0%
State:	98.6%

Percent of Surgery Patients who got treatment at right time (within 24 hours before or after surgery) to help prevent blood clot

This Hospital:	99.0%
Indiana:	96.3%

Percent of Surgery Patients whose doctors ordered treatments to prevent blood clots after certain types of surgeries

Here:	100.0%
State:	97.6%

Percent of Surgery Patients needing hair removed from the surgical area before surgery who had hair removed using a safer method

This Hospital:	100.0%
Indiana:	99.8%

Percent of Surgery Patients whose urinary catheters were removed on the first or second day after surgery

This Hospital:	100.0%
Indiana:	94.0%

Surgery patients who were taking heart drugs called beta blockers before coming to the hospital, who were kept on them

Here:	100.0%
Indiana:	96.0%

Outpatients having surgery who got an antibiotic at the right time - within one hour before surgery (higher numbers are better)

Here:	100.0%
Indiana:	96.4%

Outpatients having surgery who got the right kind of antibiotic (higher numbers are better)

This Hospital:	91.0%
State:	97.0%

Patients having surgery who were actively warmed in the operating room or whose body temperature was near normal

Here:	100.0%
Indiana:	99.5%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure

Here:	12.7%
Indiana:	11.8%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia

Here:	11.8%
Indiana:	12.0%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure

Here:	21.0%
State:	24.3%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia

Here:	18.0%
State:	18.1%

Use of Medical Imaging

Outpatients who had a follow-up mammogram or ultrasound within 45 days after a screening mammogram.

This Hospital:	3.600%
Indiana:	8.100%

Outpatient CT scans of the abdomen that were combination (double) scans.

Here:	0.591%
State:	0.160%

Outpatient CT scans of the chest that were combination (double) scans.

Here:	0.232%
Indiana:	0.103%

Outpatients who got cardiac imaging stress tests before low-risk outpatient surgery

Here:	2.500%
State:	5.661%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys:: Between 100 and 299
Survey Response Rate: 33%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	2%
Indiana:	4%

Usually

Here:	17%
State:	17%

Always

Here:	81%
State:	79%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	3%
State:	4%

Usually

This Hospital:	11%
State:	14%

Always

Here:	86%
State:	82%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never

Here:	5%
Indiana:	7%

Usually

This Hospital:	27%
Indiana:	25%

Always

This Hospital:	68%
State:	68%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never

Here:	4%
Indiana:	5%

Usually

Here:	21%
State:	23%

Always

This Hospital:	75%
Indiana:	72%

How often did staff explain about medicines before giving them to patients?

Sometimes or never

Here:	18%
Indiana:	19%

Usually

Here:	17%
State:	19%

Always

Here:	65%
State:	62%

How often were the patients' rooms and bathrooms kept clean?

Sometimes or never

Here:	5%
Indiana:	7%

Usually

Here:	15%
State:	18%

Always

Here:	80%
State:	75%

How often was the area around patients' rooms kept quiet at night?

Sometimes or never

Here:	12%
State:	9%

Usually

Here:	29%
Indiana:	32%

Always

Here:	59%
State:	59%

Were patients given information about what to do during their recovery at home?

Yes

This Hospital:	90%
State:	84%

This Hospital:	10%
State:	16%

How do patients rate the hospital overall on a scale from 0 (lowest) to 10 (highest)?

6 or lower

This Hospital:	4%
State:	7%

7 or 8

Here:	27%
Indiana:	20%

9 or 10

Here:	69%
Indiana:	73%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

Here:	5%
State:	4%

Yes, probably

Here:	25%
Indiana:	23%

Yes, definitely

Here:	70%
Indiana:	73%

DECATUR COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL - GREENSBURG, IN

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Heart Failure

Pneumonia

Surgery

Outcome of Care

Use of Medical Imaging

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

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