UNITED GENERAL HOSPITAL (SEDRO WOOLLEY, WA) Detailed Hospital Profile

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival

Here:	100.0%
Washington:	99.3%

Average number of minutes before outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack got an ECG

Here:	12
State:	11

Average number of minutes before outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack were transferred to another hospital

This Hospital:	256
State:	74

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

This Hospital:	97.0%
State:	96.9%

Heart Failure

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

Here:	100.0%
State:	99.2%

Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions

Here:	96.0%
State:	88.9%

Pneumonia

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

Here:	98.0%
State:	96.5%

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

Here:	96.0%
State:	96.8%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

Here:	100.0%
Washington:	98.4%

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

Here:	93.0%
Washington:	95.0%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination

This Hospital:	100.0%
Washington:	93.0%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination

Here:	100.0%
Washington:	96.2%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure

This Hospital:	14.4%
State:	12.7%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia

This Hospital:	13.3%
State:	12.5%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure

Here:	22.6%
Washington:	24.0%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia

Here:	19.3%
State:	17.7%

Use of Medical Imaging

Outpatients with low back pain who had an MRI without trying recommended treatments first, such as physical therapy.

This Hospital:	38.900%
Washington:	37.691%

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

This Hospital:	8.500%
Washington:	8.405%

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

Here:	0.065%
Washington:	0.091%

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

Here:	0.003%
Washington:	0.016%

Outpatients who got cardiac imaging stress tests before low-risk outpatient surgery

Here:	2.600%
State:	4.997%

Outpatients with brain CT scans who got a sinus CT scan at the same time

Here:	0.700%
Washington:	2.223%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys:: Between 100 and 299
Survey Response Rate: 33%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	5%
State:	4%

Usually

Here:	20%
State:	20%

Always

Here:	75%
Washington:	76%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

Here:	5%
Washington:	4%

Usually

Here:	15%
State:	17%

Always

Here:	80%
State:	79%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never

Here:	5%
Washington:	9%

Usually

This Hospital:	22%
State:	27%

Always

Here:	73%
Washington:	64%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	7%
Washington:	7%

Usually

Here:	23%
State:	24%

Always

Here:	70%
Washington:	69%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	14%
State:	19%

Usually

This Hospital:	20%
Washington:	20%

Always

This Hospital:	66%
State:	61%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	4%
Washington:	8%

Usually

Here:	12%
State:	20%

Always

Here:	84%
State:	72%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	12%
Washington:	13%

Usually

Here:	28%
State:	34%

Always

This Hospital:	60%
State:	53%

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

Yes

Here:	85%
State:	85%

This Hospital:	15%
Washington:	15%

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

6 or lower

This Hospital:	8%
Washington:	8%

7 or 8

This Hospital:	25%
State:	23%

9 or 10

Here:	67%
Washington:	69%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

This Hospital:	5%
State:	4%

Yes, probably

This Hospital:	22%
State:	23%

Yes, definitely

Here:	73%
State:	73%

UNITED GENERAL HOSPITAL - SEDRO WOOLLEY, WA

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Heart Failure

Pneumonia

Outcome of Care

Use of Medical Imaging

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

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