Alabama Hospital Compliance - Detail
Surgery Patients Whose Preventative Antibiotics were Stopped Within 24 hours After Surgery
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Alabama Hospitals with Low Compliance for this Procedure
Low compliance describes hospitals that followed this infection prevention procedure 79 percent of the time or less. The compliance level of hospitals which report a small number of cases (fewer than 25) should not be regarded as reliably predicting performance; these hospitals are displayed in italics and include Note 1. "Patients" is the number of patients for which data was submitted. The change columns describe the change in compliance and the change in the number of patients as compared to the previous quarter. Click the hospital names to access detailed information. The chart below lists hospitals in order based on the number of patients sampled (hospitals serving the largest number of patients first). You can re-sort the table by clicking on the table headers.
| Hospital | Compliance | Change | Patients | Change | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 of 100 total surgical sites. | |||||
| [1] The number of cases is too small (fewer than 25) to reliably tell how well a hospital is performing. | |||||
| [2] The hospital indicated that the data submitted for this measure were based on a sample of cases. | |||||
| [3] Data was collected during a shorter time period (fewer quarters) than the maximum possible time for this measure (One quarter equals three months.) | |||||
| [4] Inaccurate information submitted and suppressed for one or more quarters. | |||||
| [5] No data is available from the hospital for this measure. | |||||
| Mizell Memorial Hospital | 78% | +8.0% | 63 | +13 | |
| Troy Regional Medical Center (< 25) | 78% | -4.0% | 9 | -2 | 1 |
| G H Lanier Memorial Hospital | 77% | 0.0% | 120 | -13 | |
| Shoals Hospital | 76% | -5.0% | 63 | -10 | 2 |
| St Vincent's East | 75% | +1.0% | 463 | -7 | 2 |
| Riverview Regional Medical Center | 72% | +3.0% | 357 | +5 | 2 |
| Springhill Medical Center | 72% | -1.0% | 434 | +23 | 2 |
| Medical Center Barbour | 69% | +5.0% | 29 | +4 | |
| Highlands Medical Center | 67% | +12.0% | 61 | -4 | 2 |
| Coosa Valley Medical Center | 66% | +5.0% | 140 | +7 | 2 |
| L V Stabler Memorial Hospital (< 25) | 50% | -12.0% | 4 | -4 | 1 and 2 |
| Lakeland Community Hospital (< 25) | 33% | +8.0% | 3 | -1 | 1 |
| Bryan W Whitfield Mem Hosp Inc | 5% | 0.0% | 44 | -12 | 2 and 3 |
| Cherokee Medical Center (< 25) | 0% | 0.0% | 1 | 0 | 1 and 2 |
| Wiregrass Medical Center (< 25) | 0% | 0.0% | 14 | -1 | 1 and 2 |
Alabama Hospitals with High Compliance for this Procedure
High compliance describes hospitals that followed this infection prevention procedure 95 percent of the time or more. The compliance level of hospitals which report a small number of cases (fewer than 25) should not be regarded as reliably predicting performance; these hospitals are displayed in italics and include Note 1. "Patients" is the number of patients for which data was submitted. The change columns describe the change in compliance and the change in the number of patients as compared to the previous quarter. Click the hospital names to access detailed information. The chart below lists hospitals in order based on the number of patients sampled (hospitals serving the largest number of patients first). You can re-sort the table by clicking on the table headers.
| Hospital | Compliance | Change | Patients | Change | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 of 100 total surgical sites. | |||||
| [1] The number of cases is too small (fewer than 25) to reliably tell how well a hospital is performing. | |||||
| [2] The hospital indicated that the data submitted for this measure were based on a sample of cases. | |||||
| [3] Data was collected during a shorter time period (fewer quarters) than the maximum possible time for this measure (One quarter equals three months.) | |||||
| [4] Inaccurate information submitted and suppressed for one or more quarters. | |||||
| [5] No data is available from the hospital for this measure. | |||||
| Atmore Community Hospital (< 25) | 100% | N/A | 1 | +1 | 1, 2, and 3 |
| Chilton Medical Center (< 25) | 100% | 0.0% | 3 | +1 | 1, 2, and 3 |
| Crenshaw Community Hospital (< 25) | 100% | 0.0% | 2 | 0 | 1 and 3 |
| Medical Center Enterprise | 100% | +1.0% | 409 | +10 | |
| Pickens County Medical Center (< 25) | 100% | 0.0% | 7 | -2 | 1 |
| St Vincents Blount (< 25) | 100% | 0.0% | 18 | 0 | 1 |
| D W McMillan Memorial Hospital | 99% | +2.0% | 72 | -7 | |
| Flowers Hospital | 99% | 0.0% | 952 | -22 | |
| Parkway Medical Center | 99% | 0.0% | 132 | +2 | 2 |
| Citizens Baptist Medical Center | 98% | 0.0% | 65 | +13 | 2 |
| Decatur General Hospital | 98% | +1.0% | 293 | -7 | 2 |
| Marshall Medical Center North | 98% | -1.0% | 58 | -10 | |
| Woodland Medical Center | 98% | -1.0% | 60 | -7 | 2 |
| Cullman Regional Medical Center | 97% | 0.0% | 403 | +35 | 2 |
| East Alabama Medical Center and Snf | 97% | +1.0% | 925 | -15 | |
| Uab Highlands | 97% | 0.0% | 147 | -8 | 2 |
| Walker Baptist Medical Center | 97% | +1.0% | 262 | +9 | 2 |
| Northwest Medical Center | 96% | +6.0% | 95 | +5 | |
| Andalusia Regional Hospital | 95% | +2.0% | 153 | +16 | |
| Brookwood Medical Center | 95% | 0.0% | 640 | +48 | 2 |
All Alabama Hospitals
This chart describes the infection prevention compliance rates for this procedure for all reporting hospitals in the state. This list also includes hospitals that did not submit any data to CMS for this procedure or do not have cause to perform this procedure. The compliance level of hospitals which report a small number of cases (fewer than 25) should not be regarded as reliably predicting performance; these hospitals are displayed in italics and include Note 1. "Patients" is the number of patients for which data was submitted. The change columns describe the change in compliance and the change in the number of patients as compared to the previous quarter. Click the hospital names to access detailed information and re-sort the table by clicking on the table headers.
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