MYRTUE MEDICAL CENTER (HARLAN, IA) Detailed Hospital Profile

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys:: Between 100 and 299
Survey Response Rate: 31%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

Here:	2%
State:	3%

Usually

This Hospital:	15%
Iowa:	17%

Always

Here:	83%
Iowa:	80%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

Here:	1%
State:	3%

Usually

This Hospital:	10%
Iowa:	13%

Always

Here:	89%
State:	84%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never

Here:	8%
State:	6%

Usually

This Hospital:	26%
State:	25%

Always

This Hospital:	66%
State:	69%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	4%
State:	5%

Usually

Here:	26%
State:	24%

Always

Here:	70%
Iowa:	71%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	19%
State:	15%

Usually

Here:	23%
Iowa:	21%

Always

Here:	58%
State:	64%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	5%
Iowa:	6%

Usually

This Hospital:	16%
State:	16%

Always

Here:	79%
State:	78%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	7%
State:	7%

Usually

Here:	33%
State:	30%

Always

This Hospital:	60%
State:	63%

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

Yes

This Hospital:	84%
Iowa:	85%

This Hospital:	16%
State:	15%

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

6 or lower

This Hospital:	6%
State:	6%

7 or 8

This Hospital:	17%
Iowa:	20%

9 or 10

Here:	77%
Iowa:	74%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

This Hospital:	3%
Iowa:	3%

Yes, probably

This Hospital:	23%
State:	22%

Yes, definitely

Here:	74%
Iowa:	75%

Process of Care

Heart Failure

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

This Hospital:	100.0%
Iowa:	96.9%

Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions

This Hospital:	100.0%
Iowa:	90.2%

Pneumonia

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

Here:	98.0%
State:	97.4%

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

Here:	100.0%
Iowa:	97.8%

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

This Hospital:	100.0%
Iowa:	93.4%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination

Here:	100.0%
State:	91.6%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination

Here:	100.0%
Iowa:	94.3%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure

Here:	12.7%
Iowa:	12.0%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia

Here:	11.7%
State:	12.0%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure

This Hospital:	22.4%
State:	23.7%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia

This Hospital:	19.0%
State:	17.9%

Use of Medical Imaging

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

This Hospital:	6.900%
State:	8.069%

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

This Hospital:	0.085%
Iowa:	0.138%

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

Here:	0.078%
Iowa:	0.031%

MYRTUE MEDICAL CENTER - HARLAN, IA

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Process of Care

Heart Failure

Pneumonia

Outcome of Care

Use of Medical Imaging

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