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Profile for UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM, 2009

UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM
4502 MEDICAL DR
SAN ANTONIO , TX 78229
(210) 358-1992

Type

Acute Care Hospitals

Owner

Government - Hospital District o

Accreditation

Emergency Service

Yes

Heart Attack Average Score

93.40%

Heart Failure Average Score

93.50%

Pneumonia Average Score

84.86%

SIP Average Score

82.57%

Condition	Measure	Score %	Sample Size
Heart Attack	Heart Attack Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)	83	30
Heart Attack	Heart Attack Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival	92	110
Heart Attack	Heart Attack Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge	94	111
Heart Attack	Heart Attack Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge	98	108
Heart Attack	Heart Attack Patients Given Fibrinolytic Medication Within 30 Minutes Of Arrival	0	0
Heart Attack	Heart Attack Patients Given PCI Within 90 Minutes Of Arrival	54	24
Heart Attack	Heart Attack Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling	100	43
Heart Failure	Heart Failure Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)	93	189
Heart Failure	Heart Failure Patients Given an Evaluation of Left Ventricular Systolic (LVS) Function	98	322
Heart Failure	Heart Failure Patients Given Discharge Instructions	83	310
Heart Failure	Heart Failure Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling	100	80
Pneumonia	Pneumonia Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination	73	82
Pneumonia	Pneumonia Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination	78	51
Pneumonia	Pneumonia Patients Given Initial Antibiotic(s) within 6 Hours After Arrival	79	124
Pneumonia	Pneumonia Patients Given Oxygenation Assessment	100	163
Pneumonia	Pneumonia Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling	100	66
Pneumonia	Pneumonia Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)	91	97
Pneumonia	Pneumonia Patients Whose Initial Emergency Room Blood Culture Was Performed Prior To The Administration Of The First Hospital Dose Of Antibiotics	73	108
Surgical Infection Prevention	Surgery patients who were given an antibiotic at the right time (within one hour before surgery) to help prevent infection	50	430
Surgical Infection Prevention	Surgery patients who were given the right kind of antibiotic to help prevent infection	92	344
Surgical Infection Prevention	Surgery patients whose preventive antibiotics were stopped at the right time (within 24 hours after surgery)	78	337
Surgical Infection Prevention	all heart surgery patients whose blood sugar (blood glucose) is kept under good control in the days right after surgery	84	102
Surgical Infection Prevention	Surgery patients needing hair removed from the surgical area before surgery, who had hair removed using a safer method (electric clippers or hair removal cream ? not a razor)	93	537
Surgical Infection Prevention	Surgery patients whose doctors ordered treatments to prevent blood clots after certain types of surgeries	95	411
Surgical Infection Prevention	Patients who got treatment at the right time (within 24 hours before or after their surgery) to help prevent blood clots after certain types of surgery	86	411

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