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SOUTHWEST MEDICAL CENTER Quality Report

SOUTHWEST MEDICAL CENTER
315 WEST 15TH STREET
LIBERAL, KS 67901

SEWARD county
Phone: 620-624-6347
Acute Care Hospitals
Ownership: Government - Local
Accreditation: Yes
Emergency Service: Yes

Please use the following conditions to evaluate the quality of this hospital.

Heart Attack

1. Heart Attack Patients Given Fibrinolytic Medication Within 30 Minutes Of Arrival

SOUTHWEST MEDICAL CENTER 0% Average for the State of Kansas 23% National Average of Hospitals submitting data: 34% Top 10%' of Hospitals submitting data scored equal to or higher than: 100%

2. Heart Attack Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge

SOUTHWEST MEDICAL CENTER 80% Average for the State of Kansas 81% National Average of Hospitals submitting data: 90% Top 10%' of Hospitals submitting data scored equal to or higher than: 100%

3. Heart Attack Patients Given Beta Blocker at Arrival

SOUTHWEST MEDICAL CENTER 100% Average for the State of Kansas 77% National Average of Hospitals submitting data: 87% Top 10%' of Hospitals submitting data scored equal to or higher than: 100%

4. Heart Attack Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge

SOUTHWEST MEDICAL CENTER 100% Average for the State of Kansas 88% National Average of Hospitals submitting data: 90% Top 10%' of Hospitals submitting data scored equal to or higher than: 100%

5. Heart Attack Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival

SOUTHWEST MEDICAL CENTER 100% Average for the State of Kansas 88% National Average of Hospitals submitting data: 93% Top 10%' of Hospitals submitting data scored equal to or higher than: 100%

Heart Failure

1. Heart Failure Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

SOUTHWEST MEDICAL CENTER 33% Average for the State of Kansas 67% National Average of Hospitals submitting data: 83% Top 10%' of Hospitals submitting data scored equal to or higher than: 100%

2. Heart Failure Patients Given Discharge Instructions

SOUTHWEST MEDICAL CENTER 53% Average for the State of Kansas 43% National Average of Hospitals submitting data: 63% Top 10%' of Hospitals submitting data scored equal to or higher than: 94%

3. Heart Failure Patients Given an Evaluation of Left Ventricular Systolic (LVS) Function

SOUTHWEST MEDICAL CENTER 60% Average for the State of Kansas 63% National Average of Hospitals submitting data: 84% Top 10%' of Hospitals submitting data scored equal to or higher than: 99%

4. Heart Failure Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)

SOUTHWEST MEDICAL CENTER 100% Average for the State of Kansas 72% National Average of Hospitals submitting data: 82% Top 10%' of Hospitals submitting data scored equal to or higher than: 100%

Pneumonia

1. Pneumonia Patients Whose Initial Emergency Room Blood Culture Was Performed Prior To The Administration Of The First Hospital Dose Of Antibiotics

SOUTHWEST MEDICAL CENTER 100% Average for the State of Kansas 93% National Average of Hospitals submitting data: 90% Top 10%' of Hospitals submitting data scored equal to or higher than: 100%

2. Pneumonia Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)

SOUTHWEST MEDICAL CENTER 79% Average for the State of Kansas 79% National Average of Hospitals submitting data: 84% Top 10%' of Hospitals submitting data scored equal to or higher than: 95%

3. Pneumonia Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

SOUTHWEST MEDICAL CENTER 29% Average for the State of Kansas 61% National Average of Hospitals submitting data: 81% Top 10%' of Hospitals submitting data scored equal to or higher than: 100%

4. Pneumonia Patients Given Oxygenation Assessment

SOUTHWEST MEDICAL CENTER 100% Average for the State of Kansas 100% National Average of Hospitals submitting data: 99% Top 10%' of Hospitals submitting data scored equal to or higher than: 100%

5. Pneumonia Patients Given Initial Antibiotic(s) within 4 Hours After Arrival

SOUTHWEST MEDICAL CENTER 98% Average for the State of Kansas 83% National Average of Hospitals submitting data: 80% Top 10%' of Hospitals submitting data scored equal to or higher than: 93%

6. Pneumonia Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination

SOUTHWEST MEDICAL CENTER 63% Average for the State of Kansas 58% National Average of Hospitals submitting data: 71% Top 10%' of Hospitals submitting data scored equal to or higher than: 94%

7. Pneumonia Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination

SOUTHWEST MEDICAL CENTER 62% Average for the State of Kansas 64% National Average of Hospitals submitting data: 70% Top 10%' of Hospitals submitting data scored equal to or higher than: 100%

Surgical Infection Prevention

1. Surgery Patients Who Received Preventative Antibiotic(s) One Hour Before Incision

SOUTHWEST MEDICAL CENTER 73% Average for the State of Kansas 75% National Average of Hospitals submitting data: 78% Top 10%' of Hospitals submitting data scored equal to or higher than: 95%

2. Surgery Patients who Received the Appropriate Preventative Antibiotic(s) for Their Surgery

SOUTHWEST MEDICAL CENTER 51% Average for the State of Kansas 90% National Average of Hospitals submitting data: 90% Top 10%' of Hospitals submitting data scored equal to or higher than: 100%

3. Surgery Patients Whose Preventative Antibiotic(s) are Stopped Within 24 hours After Surgery

SOUTHWEST MEDICAL CENTER 40% Average for the State of Kansas 74% National Average of Hospitals submitting data: 74% Top 10%' of Hospitals submitting data scored equal to or higher than: 95%

Note: The data on this site only reflect the aspects of "Heart Attack", "Heart Failure", "Pneumonia", and "Surgical Infection Prevention". These are important indicators of the hospital quality. However, they are not the comprehensive evaluation. learn more...

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