Altoona Regional Health System
620 Howard Avenue
Altoona, PA 16601-4899
Performance for this hospital includes performance data from the following affiliated hospital campuses:
Bon Secours
2500 7th Avenue
Altoona, PA 16602-2099
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Appropriate Care
Appropriate Care Measures Indicates how often patients received all recommended treatments for their clinical condition. Goal is 100%.
The column highlighted in yellow is the benchmark to which the hospital is compared. Click other column headers to change the comparison.
| Altoona Regional Health System | PA Rate * | US Rate *+ | Top 10% Nationally + | |
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Overall Appropriate Care
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88% | 88% | 86% | 97% |
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Heart Attack Care
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86% | 94% | 93% | 100% |
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Heart Failure Care
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90% | 87% | 85% | 99% |
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Pneumonia Care
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89% | 84% | 84% | 97% |
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Surgical Care
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88% | 89% | 86% | 97% |
Heart Attack
Process Measures Measures how often hospitals are performing recommended tasks. Goal is 100%.
The column highlighted in yellow is the benchmark to which the hospital is compared. Click other column headers to change the comparison.
| Altoona Regional Health System | PA Rate * | US Rate * | Top 10% Nationally | |
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Aspirin on Arrival
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98% | 98% | 98% | 100% |
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Aspirin Prescribed at Discharge
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96% | 99% | 98% | 100% |
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ACEI or ARB for LVSD
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84% | 95% | 95% | 100% |
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Beta Blocker Prescribed at Discharge
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94% | 99% | 98% | 100% |
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PCI within 90 Minutes
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81% | 85% | 86% | 100% |
Outcome Measures Measures hospital results in specific areas. Goal is 0%.
| Altoona Regional Health System | PA Average | |||
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Heart Attack Mortality
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No different than U.S. National Rate | |||
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CABG Mortality
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2.1 % | 1.7 % | Not significantly different than the expected rate | |
Heart Failure
Process Measures Measures how often hospitals are performing recommended tasks. Goal is 100%.
The column highlighted in yellow is the benchmark to which the hospital is compared. Click other column headers to change the comparison.
| Altoona Regional Health System | PA Rate * | US Rate * | Top 10% Nationally | |
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Discharge Instructions
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91% | 87% | 86% | 100% |
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ACEI or ARB for LVSD
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91% | 94% | 93% | 100% |
Outcome Measures Measures hospital results in specific areas. Goal is 0%.
| Altoona Regional Health System | PA Average | |||
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Heart Failure Mortality
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No different than U.S. National Rate | |||
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Readmission Rate for Heart Failure (Complication / Infection)
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9.0 % | 7.3 % | Not significantly different than the expected rate | |
Pneumonia
Process Measures Measures how often hospitals are performing recommended tasks. Goal is 100%.
The column highlighted in yellow is the benchmark to which the hospital is compared. Click other column headers to change the comparison.
| Altoona Regional Health System | PA Rate * | US Rate * | Top 10% Nationally | |
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Pneumococcal Screen/Vaccination
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94% | 93% | 91% | 100% |
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Blood Culture within First 24 hours (ICU)
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98% | 96% | 95% | 100% |
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Blood Culture prior to First Antibiotic
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95% | 95% | 94% | 100% |
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Initial Antibiotic within 6 Hours
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97% | 95% | 94% | 100% |
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Initial Antibiotic Selection
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92% | 92% | 91% | 99% |
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Initial Antibiotic Selection for ICU Patients
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83% | 67% | 66% | 100% |
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Initial Antibiotic Selection for Non-ICU Patients
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94% | 95% | 94% | 100% |
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Influenza Screen/Vaccination
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94% | 89% | 88% | 100% |
Surgical Care and Infection Prevention
Process Measures Measures how often hospitals are performing recommended tasks. Goal is 100%.
The column highlighted in yellow is the benchmark to which the hospital is compared. Click other column headers to change the comparison.
| Altoona Regional Health System | PA Rate * | US Rate * | Top 10% Nationally | |
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Beta Blocker during the Perioperative Period
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87% | 92% | 91% | 100% |
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Prophylactic Antibiotic within 1 hour of incision
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97% | 96% | 95% | 100% |
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Appropriate Antibiotic
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97% | 98% | 98% | 100% |
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Prophylactic Antibiotic Discontinued within 24 hours
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93% | 94% | 92% | 99% |
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Cardiac Surgery Patients with Controlled 6 A.M. Postoperative Blood Glucose
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98% | 96% | 92% | 99% |
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VTE Ordered prior to Surgery
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94% | 96% | 93% | 100% |
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VTE Received within 24 Hours of Surgery
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94% | 94% | 91% | 100% |
Outcome Measures Measures hospital results in specific areas. Goal is 0%.
| Altoona Regional Health System | PA Average | |||
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Bloodstream Infections
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0.6 | 1.6 |
Consumer Assessment
Patient Experience Measures Measures various aspects of patients’ experiences during their hospital stay. Goal is 100%.
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| Altoona Regional Health System | PA Avg | US Avg | Top 10% Nationally | |
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Doctor Communication
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80% | 78% | 80% | 87% |
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Nurse Communication
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78% | 75% | 75% | 83% |
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Responsiveness of Hospital Staff
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65% | 62% | 63% | 75% |
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Pain Well Controlled
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67% | 68% | 69% | 75% |
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Medicine Explained by Staff
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57% | 58% | 59% | 67% |
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Room and Bathroom Kept Clean
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72% | 69% | 70% | 81% |
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Room Quiet at Night
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50% | 50% | 57% | 70% |
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Provided Discharge Information
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83% | 81% | 81% | 87% |
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Hospital Rating
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66% | 63% | 66% | 77% |
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Hospital Recommendation
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69% | 65% | 68% | 81% |
*The PA and US rates are case-weighted averages. The rates are calculated by dividing the total number of patients who had the recommended care by the total number of patients who met the criteria for that measure across all hospitals.
**The hospital quality measures reported on this website come from a variety of sources using several data collection processes and update schedules. While the PHCQA website contains the most recent publicly available information, the time periods represented by these data range from 6 to 24 months old. Caution should be used when drawing conclusions from these data as a hospital's performance may have changed significantly since the data was collected and reported. The PHCQA recommends you contact the hospital directly to obtain the most recent performance data.
+US rates and Top 10% Benchmarks for Overall and Pneumonia Care are calculated using PN-5c in place of PN-5b for all data from April 2007 forward. National benchmark data provided by the Oklahoma Foundation for Medical Quality.
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