Nebraska Heart Institute

1.800.NHI.DOCS

(1.800.644.3627)

7440 South 91st Street

Lincoln, NE 68526

Did you know? "Silent" heart attacks most often affect the elderly, women, and diabetics. They go unrecognized because they cause subtle or no pain.

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Surgical Care Improvement Project

Surgical Care Improvement Project (SCIP) is a national quality partnership of organizations including the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that are committed to improving the safety of surgical care through the reduction of postoperative complications.

Surgical care management/Surgical Care Improvement Project (SCIP) is a set of quality measures that provide basis to assure that defined quality care is being given to hospitalized surgical patients. These measures are focused on reducing the incidence of complications that can occur following surgery.

How Surgical Care Management is Measured and Evaluated
The quality measures listed in the table below are known as the "standards of care" for managing patients undergoing surgery in a hospital setting. This list includes the medical care widely accepted as the most appropriate care guidelines for the majority of patients undergoing surgery in a hospital.

Information provided by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). For more information please visit Hospital Compare.

Reporting period for Clinical Process Measures: July 1, 2007 - June 30, 2008.

Quality Indicators	Nebraska Heart Hospital	State Average	National Average
Percent of surgery patients who received preventative antibiotic(s) one hour before incision (if appropriate).	97%	89%	86%
Percent of surgery patients who received the appropriate preventative antibiotic(s) for their surgery (if appropriate).	99%	95%	92%
Percent of surgery patients whose preventative antibiotic(s) are stopped within 24 hours after surgery (if appropriate).	95%	90%	84%
Percent of Surgery Patients Needing Hair Removed from the Surgical Area before Surgery	100%	93%	95%

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