JEFFERSON COUNTY HEALTH CENTER (FAIRFIELD, IA) Detailed Hospital Profile

Process of Care

Heart Failure

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

Here:	100.0%
Iowa:	96.9%

Pneumonia

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

Here:	88.0%
Iowa:	97.4%

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

Here:	96.0%
Iowa:	97.8%

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

This Hospital:	97.0%
Iowa:	93.4%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	91.6%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination

Here:	92.0%
State:	94.3%

Surgery

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

Here:	96.0%
State:	97.8%

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

This Hospital:	33.0%
State:	96.3%

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

Here:	84.0%
State:	98.7%

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

Here:	59.0%
Iowa:	96.3%

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

This Hospital:	88.0%
State:	97.2%

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

Here:	100.0%
State:	99.8%

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

Here:	57.0%
Iowa:	94.2%

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

Here:	100.0%
State:	99.6%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure

This Hospital:	11.9%
State:	12.0%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia

Here:	13.4%
Iowa:	12.0%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure

This Hospital:	22.9%
State:	23.7%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia

Here:	18.3%
Iowa:	17.9%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys:: Between 100 and 299
Survey Response Rate: 54%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Usually

This Hospital:	12%
Iowa:	17%

Always

Here:	88%
Iowa:	80%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

Here:	1%
State:	3%

Usually

This Hospital:	11%
State:	13%

Always

This Hospital:	88%
Iowa:	84%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	2%
Iowa:	6%

Usually

Here:	24%
Iowa:	25%

Always

This Hospital:	74%
State:	69%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	2%
Iowa:	5%

Usually

Here:	22%
Iowa:	24%

Always

Here:	76%
Iowa:	71%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	13%
Iowa:	15%

Usually

Here:	26%
State:	21%

Always

This Hospital:	61%
Iowa:	64%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	2%
Iowa:	6%

Usually

This Hospital:	8%
State:	16%

Always

This Hospital:	90%
Iowa:	78%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	3%
State:	7%

Usually

This Hospital:	21%
State:	30%

Always

This Hospital:	76%
Iowa:	63%

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

Yes

Here:	86%
State:	85%

Here:	14%
State:	15%

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

6 or lower

This Hospital:	3%
Iowa:	6%

7 or 8

Here:	13%
State:	20%

9 or 10

Here:	84%
Iowa:	74%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

This Hospital:	1%
State:	3%

Yes, probably

This Hospital:	21%
State:	22%

Yes, definitely

This Hospital:	78%
State:	75%

Use of Medical Imaging

Outpatients with low back pain who had an MRI without trying recommended treatments first, such as physical therapy.

Here:	39.100%
State:	34.389%

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

Here:	5.400%
Iowa:	8.069%

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

Here:	0.085%
Iowa:	0.138%

JEFFERSON COUNTY HEALTH CENTER - FAIRFIELD, IA

Process of Care

Heart Failure

Pneumonia

Surgery

Outcome of Care

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Use of Medical Imaging

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