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    Sutter Amador Hospital Quality Reports: Heart Failure

    Heart Failure - Sutter Amador Hospital
    Heart failure has been called a new epidemic that affects nearly 5 million Americans and is the top cause of hospitalization for people over age sixty-five. Below are some of the key areas that medical experts focus on when treating patients who are hospitalized with heart failure. Each of these actions will help patients live better with the disease.     		 
    Help Assessment of Left Ventricular Function (LVF)
    		 
    SAH Avg. - 97%
    U.S. Avg. 89%  
    Top U.S. Performance - 100%  
    Help ACE inhibitor/ARB drugs given for left ventricular systolic dysfunction
    		 
    SAH Avg.- 91%
    U.S. Avg. 89%  
    Top U.S. Performance - 100%  
    Help Discharge instructions when patients leave the hospital
    		 
    SAH Avg.- 98%  
    U.S. Avg. 76%  
    Top U.S. Performance - 99%  
    Help Smoking cessation advice and counseling
    		 
    SAH Avg. - 92%  
    U.S. Avg. 91%  
    Top U.S. Performance - 100%  
    		 
    Key Sutter Amador Hospital (SAH)
    .Data Source: Data from MIDAS DataVision ( and provided to CMS), August 2008- August 2009
      The number of cases is too small (n<25) for purposes of reliably predicting hospital performance
    USA Key U.S. Average
    Data Source: CMS Hospital Compare, Q108 - Q408
    Goal Key Our goal is to perform among the top ten percent of hospitals nationwide.
    Data Source: CMS Hospital Compare, Q108 - Q408
    		 

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