Klickitat Valley Hospital
310 South Roosevelt	Type:	Critical Access Hospitals
Goldendale, WA 98620	Owner:	Government - Hospital District or Authority
Klickitat County
509-773-4022

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Condition	Description	Provider	State Average	National Average	Top 10%
Children's Asthma	Percent of Children Who Received Reliever Medication While Hospitalized for Asthma	2	n/a	100%	n/a
Children's Asthma	Percent of Children and their Caregivers Who Received a Home Management Plan of Care Document While Hospitalized for Asthma	2	n/a	86%	n/a
Children's Asthma	Percent of Children Who Received Systemic Corticosteroid Medication (oral and IV Medication That Reduces Inflammation and Controls Symptoms) While Hospitalized for Asthma	2	n/a	100%	n/a
Heart Attack	Outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack who got aspirin within 24 hours of arrival	2	98%	97%	100%
Heart Attack	Outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack who got drugs to break up blood clots within 30 minutes of arrival	2	59%	59%	100%
Heart Attack	Heart Attack Patients Given a Prescription for a Statin at Discharge	2	98%	98%	100%
Heart Attack	Percent of Heart Attack Patients Given Fibrinolytic Medication Within 30 Minutes Of Arrival	2	38%	60%	100%
Heart Attack	Percent of Heart Attack Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge	2	99%	99%	100%
Heart Attack	Percent of Heart Attack Patients Given Percutaneous Coronary Interventions (PCI) Within 90 Minutes Of Arrival	2	94%	95%	100%
Heart Attack	Average number of minutes before outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack who needed specialized care were transferred to another hospital	2	51	59	38
Heart Attack	Average number of minutes before outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack got an ECG	2	10	7	3
Heart Attack	Hospital 30-Day Death (Mortality) Rates from Heart Attack	1	n/a	15.5%	n/a
Heart Attack	Hospital 30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack	1	n/a	19.7%	n/a
Heart Failure	Percent of Heart Failure Patients Given Discharge Instructions	1	90%	93%	100%
Heart Failure	Percent of Heart Failure Patients Given an Evaluation of Left Ventricular Systolic (LVS) Function	1	99%	99%	100%
Heart Failure	Percent of Heart Failure Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)	2	96%	96%	100%
Heart Failure	Hospital 30-Day Death (Mortality) Rates from Heart Failure	1	n/a	11.6%	n/a
Heart Failure	Hospital 30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure		n/a	24.7%	n/a
Infections: Cardiac Surgery	Cardiac	2	0.60	n/a	n/a
Infections: Cardiac Surgery	CABG with Donor Site	2	1.46	n/a	n/a
Infections: Cardiac Surgery	CABG without Donor Site	2	0.27	n/a	n/a
Infections: Cardiac Surgery	Heart Transplant	2	0.00	n/a	n/a
Infections: Central Lines	Med/Surg ICU	2	1.01	1.00	n/a
Infections: Hysterectomy	Vaginal Hysterectomy	2	0.46	n/a	n/a
Infections: Hysterectomy	Abdominal Hysterectomy	2	1.01	n/a	n/a
Infections: Ortho Surgery	Hip Replacement	2	0.77	n/a	n/a
Infections: Ortho Surgery	Knee Replacement	2	0.56	n/a	n/a
Infections: Ventilators	Level 1 Trauma Centers		9.11	n/a	n/a
Infections: Ventilators	Community Hospitals	2	1.05	1.20	n/a
Medical Imaging	Outpatient CT scans of the chest that were 'combination' (double) scans	0.020	0.018	0.044	n/a
Medical Imaging	Outpatients with low back pain who had an MRI without trying recommended treatments first, such as physical therapy	2	39%	37%	n/a
Pneumonia	Hospital 30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia		n/a	18.5%	n/a
Pneumonia	Hospital 30-Day Death (Mortality) Rates from Pneumonia		n/a	12.0%	n/a
Pneumonia	Percent of Pneumonia Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)	1	95%	95%	100%
Pneumonia	Percent of Pneumonia Patients Whose Initial Emergency Room Blood Culture Was Performed Prior To The Administration Of The First Hospital Dose Of Antibiotics	1	97%	97%	100%
Safe Deliveries	NTSV C-Section	2	26.0%	n/a	n/a
Safe Deliveries	Elective Delivery	2	3.9%	n/a	n/a
Surgical Care	Percent of Surgery Patients Who Were Given the Right Kind of Antibiotic to Help Prevent Infection	2	98%	99%	100%
Surgical Care	Patients Having Surgery Who Were Actively Warmed in the Operating Room or Whose Body Temperature was Near Normal by the End of Surgery	2	100%	100%	100%
Surgical Care	Percent of Surgery Patients Whose Doctors Ordered Treatments to Prevent Blood Clots After Certain Types of Surgeries	2	98%	98%	100%
Surgical Care	Percent of Patients Who Got Treatment at the Right Time (Within 24 Hours Before or After Their Surgery) to Help Prevent Blood Clots After Certain Types of Surgery	2	98%	97%	100%
Surgical Care	Percent of surgery patients who were taking beta blockers before coming to the hospital, who were kept on the beta blockers during the period just before and after their surgery	2	97%	97%	100%
Surgical Care	Outpatients having surgery who got an antibiotic at the right time - within one hour before surgery	2	96%	97%	100%
Surgical Care	Outpatients having surgery who got the right kind of antibiotic	2	97%	97%	100%
Surgical Care	Surgery Patients Whose Urinary Catheters Were Removed On the First or Second Day After Surgery	2	94%	95%	100%
Surgical Care	Percent of all Heart Surgery Patients Whose Blood Sugar (Blood Glucose) is Kept Under Good Control in the Days Right After Surgery	2	96%	96%	100%
Surgical Care	Percent of Surgery Patients Who Were Given an Antibiotic at the Right Time (Within One Hour Before Surgery) to Help Prevent Infection	2	98%	98%	100%
Surgical Care	Percent of Surgery Patients Whose Preventive Antibiotics Were Stopped at the Right Time (Within 24 Hours After Surgery)	2	97%	97%	100%

Patient Satisfaction
How do patients rate the hospital overall?	Provider	State Average	National Average
9 or 10 (high)	74%	70%	70%
7 or 8 (medium)	26%	23%	22%
6 or lower (low)	0%	7%	8%
Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?	Provider	State Average	National Average
Yes, definitely	66%	73%	71%
Yes, probably	31%	23%	24%
No, would not recommend	3%	4%	5%
How often did nurses communicate well with patients?	Provider	State Average	National Average
Always	82%	77%	78%
Usually	18%	19%	17%
Sometimes or Never	0%	4%	5%
How often did doctors communicate well with patients?	Provider	State Average	National Average
Always	84%	80%	81%
Usually	16%	16%	15%
Sometimes or Never	0%	4%	4%
How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?	Provider	State Average	National Average
Always	56%	65%	67%
Usually	44%	27%	23%
Sometimes or Never	0%	8%	10%
How often was patients' pain well controlled?	Provider	State Average	National Average
Always	77%	70%	71%
Usually	23%	24%	22%
Sometimes or Never	0%	6%	7%
How often did staff explain about medicines before giving them to patients?	Provider	State Average	National Average
Always	64%	63%	63%
Usually	26%	19%	18%
Sometimes or Never	10%	18%	19%
How often were the patients' rooms and bathrooms kept clean?	Provider	State Average	National Average
Always	73%	73%	73%
Usually	20%	19%	18%
Sometimes or Never	7%	8%	9%
How often was the area around patients' rooms kept quiet at night?	Provider	State Average	National Average
Always	35%	54%	60%
Usually	57%	34%	30%
Sometimes or Never	8%	12%	10%
Were patients given information about what to do during their recovery at home?	Provider	State Average	National Average
Yes	89%	86%	84%
No	11%	14%	16%