What is a Heart Attack?
A heart attack (also called an AMI or acute myocardial infarction) occurs when an area of heart muscle dies or is permanently damaged because of an inadequate supply of oxygen to that area.
How is Care Measured?
When someone is having a Heart Attack, timely, clear-cut treatment is critical. Evidence has shown that patients who received specific treatments and medications at certain times experienced the best outcomes. These procedures and medications include:
- Aspirin at arrival;
- Aspirin at discharge;
- ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD);
- Fibrinolytic medication within 30 minutes of arrival;
- PCI (Percutaneous Coronary Intervention) within 90 minutes of arrival;
- Smoking cessation advice/counseling.
University Hospitals Geauga Medical Center exceeds averages for the region and across the nation for the above heart attack care standards.
You may view the details for each measurement by visiting the Health and Human Services web site called “Hospital Compare.”
Heart Attack
| UH Geauga Medical Center Hospital Process of Care Measure |
Percentage for UH Geauga |
State Average
|
National Average |
| Percent of Heart Attack Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival
|
100% |
99% |
99% |
| Percent of Heart Attack Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge
|
100% |
99% |
99% |
| Percent of Heart Attack Patients Given Ace Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)
|
100% |
97% |
96% |
| Percent of Heart Attack Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
|
100% |
100% |
100% |
| Percent of Heart Attack Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge
|
100% |
99% |
98% |
How is Process of Care Measured?
University Hospitals participates in the University HealthSystem Consortium (UHC): a nationwide alliance of academic medical centers and their affiliated hospitals. This group represents approximately 90% of the nation’s non-profit academic medical centers.
The UHC maintains a comparative database of healthcare measures which have been established to indicate the overall quality of commonly-performed medical procedures. Criteria for measuring heart attack outcomes include: