Top Score 10% & 50%

These scores show you which hospitals are among the top 10% or 50% NJ hospitals in the specific measure. If your hospital has a score that is equal to or greater than the score displayed at the top, it is among the top 10% or 50% performers in NJ on the specific measure.

Heart Attack Facts

Overall Score

The Overall Heart Attack Score summarizes all heart attack measures for recommended care.

PCI Within 90 Minutes

Pneumonia Facts

Overall Score

The Overall Pneumonia Score summarizes all pneumonia measures for recommended care.

Antibiotic Selection

Heart Failure Facts

Overall Score

The Overall Heart Failure Score summarizes all heart failure measures for recommended care.

Left Ventricular Systolic (LVS) Function Assessment

Surgical Infection Prevention

Overall Score

The Overall Surgical Care Improvement Score summarizes all surgical care measures for recommended care.

Preventive Antibiotic Started 1 Hour Before Surgery

Preventive Antibiotic Stopped Within 24 Hours

Appropriate Antibiotic Received

Treatment Preventing Blood Clots (VTEs) Received

Controlled Blood Sugar for Heart Patients

 

Beta Blocker Prior Continued Before and After Perioperative Period

Urinary Catheter Removed

Heart Attack (AMI) Mortality

THIS SCORE TELLS YOU the percentage of heart attack (AMI) patients who died while in the hospital.

THIS INFORMATION IS IMPORTANT because it tells you how well the hospitals take care of their heart attack patients. This measure takes into consideration several factors such as how quickly hospital staff treats a heart attack patient once they are in the emergency room.

Heart Failure (HF) Mortality

THIS SCORE TELLS YOU the percentage of HF patients who died while in the hospital.

THIS INFORMATION IS IMPORTANT because it tells you how well the hospitals take care of their heart failure (HF) patients. Since HF mortality is affected by other medical problems, including lung disease, high blood pressure, cancer and liver disease, the score measures how well the hospital can contain these influences.

Pneumonia Mortality

THIS SCORE TELLS YOU the percentage of pneumonia patients who died while in the hospital.

THIS INFORMATION IS IMPORTANT because it tells you how well the hospitals take care of their pneumonia patients. Although pneumonia is typically treated with antibiotics, sometimes in an outpatient setting, death does occur in hospitals, especially if the patient has a weakened respiratory system or other chronic health problems.

Stroke Mortality

THIS SCORE TELLS YOU the percentage of stroke patients who died while in the hospital.

THIS INFORMATION IS IMPORTANT because it tells you how well the hospitals take care of their stroke patients. Treatment for stroke must be quick and efficient to prevent brain tissue death. The wrong treatment can be fatal, and treatment may differ depending on the type of stroke a patient has suffered. Death rates vary based on the cause and the severity of the stroke, existing illnesses, speed of arrival at the hospital, and speed of diagnosis of the type of stroke. Evidence shows that stroke mortality is affected by having pneumonia, gastrointestinal hemorrhage, and heart failure.

Coronary Artery Bypass Graft ( CABG ) Surgery Mortality

THIS RATE TELLS YOU the percent of cardiac surgery patients who died while in the hospital following CABG surgery or died within 30 days from the date of their CABG surgery. These patients did not undergo any other major procedure. Lower percentage indicates fewer deaths.

THIS INFORMATION IS IMPORTANT because it tells you how well the hospitals take care of their cardiac patients who undergo CABG surgery. Lower mortality scores are better, mean fewer deaths and show better quality care.

Number of Cases by Hospital

THIS NUMBER TELLS YOU how many CABG surgery operations the hospital had performed during the year.

THIS INFORMATION IS IMPORTANT because research supports that, in general, treating a higher number of patients means more experience and is related to better outcomes. However, there are many hospitals that do not treat a lot of patients but have good outcomes, and other hospitals that treat a high number of patients and do not have good outcomes.

A 95% Confidence Interval is a statistical term that indicates that we are 95% confident that the hospital’s true mortality rate falls within the range displayed. There is, however, a 5% chance that the hospital’s true mortality rate will fall outside the range displayed.

Patient Safety Indicator Rates

Retained Surgical Item or Unretrieved Device Fragment

Iatrogenic Pneumothorax

Postoperative Hip Fracture

Postoperative Hemorrhage or Hematoma

Postoperative Pulmonary Embolism (PE) or Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT)

Postoperative Sepsis

Postoperative Wound Dehiscence

Accidental Puncture or Laceration

Transfusion Reaction

Birth Trauma - Injury to Neonate

Obstetric Trauma - Vaginal Delivery with Instrument

Obstetric Trauma - Vaginal Delivery without Instrument