ESSENTIA HEALTH SANDSTONE (SANDSTONE, MN) 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:	8
State:	7

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

This Hospital:	97.0%
State:	96.6%

Pneumonia

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

Here:	100.0%
State:	97.1%

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

Here:	100.0%
Minnesota:	96.1%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination

Here:	100.0%
Minnesota:	94.9%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia

This Hospital:	12.1%
Minnesota:	11.4%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia

Here:	18.2%
State:	18.3%

Use of Medical Imaging

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

Here:	7.800%
Minnesota:	6.118%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys:: Fewer than 100
Survey Response Rate: 24%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	4%
State:	3%

Usually

Here:	16%
Minnesota:	18%

Always

This Hospital:	80%
State:	79%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

Here:	1%
State:	3%

Usually

Here:	11%
State:	14%

Always

Here:	88%
Minnesota:	83%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	8%
State:	6%

Usually

Here:	24%
State:	22%

Always

Here:	68%
State:	72%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	4%
Minnesota:	5%

Usually

This Hospital:	23%
Minnesota:	25%

Always

This Hospital:	73%
Minnesota:	70%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	25%
State:	16%

Usually

This Hospital:	21%
State:	20%

Always

Here:	54%
State:	64%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	8%
State:	6%

Usually

Here:	30%
Minnesota:	18%

Always

This Hospital:	62%
Minnesota:	76%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	14%
State:	7%

Usually

This Hospital:	29%
Minnesota:	30%

Always

Here:	57%
Minnesota:	63%

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

Yes

This Hospital:	87%
State:	86%

This Hospital:	13%
Minnesota:	14%

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

6 or lower

Here:	11%
State:	6%

7 or 8

Here:	23%
State:	22%

9 or 10

Here:	66%
Minnesota:	72%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

Here:	2%
Minnesota:	3%

Yes, probably

Here:	22%
Minnesota:	24%

Yes, definitely

This Hospital:	76%
State:	73%

ESSENTIA HEALTH SANDSTONE - SANDSTONE, MN

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Pneumonia

Outcome of Care

Use of Medical Imaging

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

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