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Hospital Quality Reports

Our not-for-profit network is committed to providing you with important information about the quality of our services. We measure quality in many ways, as we strive to provide the safest, most effective and accurate treatment while caring for patients with respect, compassion and personal attention.

Here you can see how hospitals in our network, as a whole, performed in some key measures of quality for certain medical conditions. This is in comparison to national standards.

Heart Attack - Sutter Health System Average

Timely and proper intervention can dramatically improve heart attack survival rates. Below are some of the key areas that medical experts focus on when treating patients who have a heart attack. Each of these actions is important to minimize damage to the heart or help patients live well after they leave the hospital.

• Aspirin given at arrival

  Sutter Health Avg. - 100%

  U.S. Avg. 94%

  Top U.S. Performance - 100%
• Aspirin given at discharge

  Sutter Health Avg.- 100%

  U.S. Avg. 93%

  Top U.S. Performance - 100%
• ACE Inhibitor/ARB given for LVSD

  Sutter Health Avg. - 99%

  U.S. Avg. 92%

  Top U.S. Performance - 100%
• Beta Blocker given at discharge

  Sutter Health Avg. - 100%

  U.S. Avg. 94%

  Top U.S. Performance - 100%
• PCI (Percutaneous Coronary Intervention) within 90 minutes

  Sutter Health Avg. - 89%

  U.S. Avg. 81%

  Top U.S. Performance - 99%
• Fibrinolytic Medication given within 30 minutes of arrival

  Sutter Health Avg. - 72%

  U.S. Avg. 45%

  Top U.S. Performance - 100%
• Adult smoking cessation advice/counseling

  Sutter Health Avg. - 100%

  U.S. Avg. 96%

  Top U.S. Performance - 100%

Heart Failure - Sutter Health System Average

Heart failure, a new epidemic that affects nearly 5 million Americans, is the leading cause of hospitalization for people over the age of 65. Below are some key areas that medical experts focus on when treating patients hospitalized with heart failure. Each listed action helps patients live better with heart failure.

• Assessment of Left Ventricular Systolic (LVS) Function

  Sutter Health Avg. - 99%

  U.S. Avg. 90%

  Top U.S. Performance - 100%
• ACE inhibitor/ARB drugs given for left ventricular systolic dysfunction

  Sutter Health Avg.- 98%

  U.S. Avg. 90%

  Top U.S. Performance - 100%
• Discharge instructions when patients leave the hospital

  Sutter Health Avg.- 90%

  U.S. Avg. 78%

  Top U.S. Performance - 99%
• Smoking cessation advice and counseling

  Sutter Health Avg. - 99%

  U.S. Avg. 92%

  Top U.S. Performance - 100%

Pneumonia - Sutter Health System Average

The incidence of pneumonia increases with age, and approximately 90 percent of deaths in patients ages 65 or older are due to this condition. Below are some key areas that medical experts focus on when caring for patients with pneumonia. These areas include important actions that should be taken when a patient is hospitalized with pneumonia.

• Blood culture performed before antibiotic therapy

  Sutter Health Avg. - 97%

  U.S. Avg. 92%

  Top U.S. Performance - 100%
• Initial antibiotic timing

  Sutter Health Avg. - 97%

  U.S. Avg. 94%

  Top U.S. Performance - 100%
• Most appropriate antibiotics given

  Sutter Health Avg. - 94%

  U.S. Avg. 88%

  Top U.S. Performance - 97%
• Pneumococcal vaccination given

  Sutter Health Avg. - 97%

  U.S. Avg. 86%

  Top U.S. Performance - 99%
• Influenza vaccination given

  Sutter Health Avg. - 95%

  U.S. Avg. 85%

  Top U.S. Performance - 100%
• Smoking cessation advice/counseling

  Sutter Health Avg. - 99%

  U.S. Avg. 90%

  Top U.S. Performance - 100%