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ELMORE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL

	500 HOSPITAL DRIVE, WETUMPKA, AL, 36092
	(334) 567-4311

	Acute Care Hospitals
	Government - State

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Your hospital's Left Without Being Seen percentage (1%) equals state average (1%), and is lower than national average (2%).
Your hospital's Until Seen by Doctor time (23 minutes) is lower than state average (25 minutes), but higher than national average (19 minutes).
Your hospital's Until Sent Home time (1 hour 44 minutes) is lower than both state average (2 hours 13 minutes) and national average (2 hours 21 minutes).
Your hospital's Until Admitted to Hospital time (3 hours 27 minutes) is lower than both state average (4 hours 11 minutes) and national average (4 hours 17 minutes).
Your hospital's Until Taken to Room time (4 hours 12 minutes) is lower than both state average (5 hours 32 minutes) and national average (5 hours 59 minutes).

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† These fields are last updated by Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services in March 2019 and are no more included in hopital compare dataset as of January 2020 Update.

	Left Without Being Seen Percentage of patients who left the emergency department before being seen	Hospital: State Avg.: National Avg.:	1% 1% 2%
	Until Seen by Doctor^† Average time patients spent in the emergency department before they were seen by a healthcare professional	Hospital: State Avg.: National Avg.:	23 minutes 25 minutes 19 minutes
	Until Sent Home Average time patients spent in the emergency department before leaving from the visit	Hospital: State Avg.: National Avg.:	1 hours 44 minutes 2 hours 13 minutes 2 hours 21 minutes
	Until Admitted to Hospital^† Average time patients spent in the emergency department, before they were admitted to the hospital as an inpatient	Hospital: State Avg.: National Avg.:	3 hours 27 minutes 4 hours 11 minutes 4 hours 17 minutes
	Until Taken to Room Average (median) time patients spent in the emergency department, before leaving the emergency department for their inpatient room	Hospital: State Avg.: National Avg.:	4 hours 12 minutes 2 hours 43 minutes 5 hours 59 minutes

	Median Time to Fibrinolysis^† Average time from emergency department arrival to administration of fibrinolytic therapy in ED patients with ST-segment elevation or left bundle branch block (LBBB) on ECG performed closest to ED arrival and prior to transfer.	Hospital: State Avg.: National Avg.:	Not Available 23 minutes 31 minutes
	Median Time to Pain Medication^† Average time patients who came to the emergency department with broken bones had to wait before getting pain medication A lower number of minutes is better	Hospital: State Avg.: National Avg.:	1 hours 0 minutes 58 minutes 49 minutes
	Median Time to Transfer to Another Facility for Acute Coronary Intervention Average number of minutes before outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack who needed specialized care were transferred to another hospital	Hospital: State Avg.: National Avg.:	Not Available 58 minutes 58 minutes
	Median Time to Electrocardiography^† Average number of minutes before outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack got an ECG A lower number of minutes is better	Hospital: State Avg.: National Avg.:	4 minutes 7 minutes 7 minutes

Immunization for Influenza^† Patients assessed and given influenza vaccination	Hospital: State Avg.: National Avg.:	80% 89% 93%
Workers Immunization Healthcare workers given influenza vaccination	Hospital: State Avg.: National Avg.:	Not Available Not Available Not Available
Fibrinolytic Therapy Outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack who got drugs to break up blood clots within 30 minutes of arrival	Hospital: State Avg.: National Avg.:	Not Available 82% 58%
Head CT Percentage of patients who came to the emergency department with stroke symptoms who received brain scan results within 45 minutes of arrival	Hospital: State Avg.: National Avg.:	Not Available 69% 72%
Follow-up Interval for Colonoscopy Percentage of patients receiving appropriate recommendation for follow-up screening colonoscopy	Hospital: State Avg.: National Avg.:	93% 91% 89%
Colonoscopy Interval Percentage of patients with history of polyps receiving follow-up colonoscopy in the appropriate timeframe	Hospital: State Avg.: National Avg.:	Not Available 92% 93%
Eye Care Percentage of patients who had cataract surgery and had improvement in visual function within 90 days following the surgery	Hospital: State Avg.: National Avg.:	Not Available 100% 99%
EBR for Bone Metastases Percentage of patients receiving appropriate radiation therapy for cancer that has spread to the bone	Hospital: State Avg.: National Avg.:	Not Available 87% 89%
Aspirin at Arrival^† Outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack who received aspirin within 24 hours of arrival or before transferring from the emergency department	Hospital: State Avg.: National Avg.:	87% 92% 95%
Early Newborn Deliveries Percent of mothers whose deliveries were scheduled too early (1-2 weeks early), when a scheduled delivery was not medically necessary	Hospital: State Avg.: National Avg.:	Not Available 2% 2%
Care for Sepsis/Septic Shock Percentage of patients who received appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock	Hospital: State Avg.: National Avg.:	Not Available 63% 59%
Venous Thromboembolism^† Patients who developed a blood clot while in the hospital who did not get treatment that could have prevented it	Hospital: State Avg.: National Avg.:	Not Available 2% 3%