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QUALITY PERFORMANCE

Surgical Care Improvement Project

SwedishAmerican Hospital vs. National Benchmarks
November 2009 - February 2010 Data

SwedishAmerican Hospital
Top 10% of all Hospitals submitting data
Top 50% of all Hospitals submitting data
 
  100% 99% 91%  
 
 
Prophylactic Antiobiotic Selection for Surgical Patients
  99% 100% 95%  
 
 
Prophylactic Antiobiotic Discontinued Within 24 Hours After Surgical End Time
  97% 99% 90%  
 
 
Prophylactic Antiobiotic Received Within 1 Hour Prior to Surgical Incision
 
  97% 100% 88%  
 
 
Venous Thromboembolism Prevention - VTE Prophylaxis Ordered
  91% 99% 86%  
 
 
Venous Thromboembolism Prevention - VTE Prophylaxis Timely
  90% 99% 89%  
 
 
Controlled Glucose
 
  100% 100% 97%  
 
 
Appropriate Hair Removal
  95% 100% 87%  
 
 
Beta Blocker Perioperatively for Patients on Beta Blocker Therapy
 


Note: The above graphs represent all the categories for which SwedishAmerican had data.

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