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Pope KR, Hancock JS, Sills ES. An analysis of clinical process measures for acute healthcare delivery in Appalachia: the Roane Medical Center experience. Health Res Policy Syst. 2006;4:3doi: 10.1186/1478-4505-4-3.
Pope, K. R., Hancock, J. S., & Sills, E. S. (2006). An analysis of clinical process measures for acute healthcare delivery in Appalachia: the Roane Medical Center experience. Health research policy and systems, 43. https://doi.org/10.1186/1478-4505-4-3
Pope, Karla Rae, et al. "An analysis of clinical process measures for acute healthcare delivery in Appalachia: the Roane Medical Center experience." Health research policy and systems vol. 4 (2006): 3. doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/1478-4505-4-3
Pope KR, Hancock JS, Sills ES. An analysis of clinical process measures for acute healthcare delivery in Appalachia: the Roane Medical Center experience. Health Res Policy Syst. 2006 Mar 29;4:3. doi: 10.1186/1478-4505-4-3. PMID: 16571127; PMCID: PMC1440865.
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Health Res Policy Syst. 2006 Mar 29;4:3. doi: 10.1186/1478-4505-4-3.

An analysis of clinical process measures for acute healthcare delivery in Appalachia: the Roane Medical Center experience.

Health research policy and systems

Karla Rae Pope, John S Hancock, Eric Scott Sills

Affiliations

  1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, St. Matthew's University College of Medicine, Grand Cayman, British West Indies. [email protected]

PMID: 16571127 PMCID: PMC1440865 DOI: 10.1186/1478-4505-4-3

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To survey management of selected emergency healthcare needs in a Tennessee community hospital.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: In this descriptive report, discharges and associated standard process measures were retrospectively studied for Roane Medical Center (RMC) in Harriman, Tennessee (pop. 6,757). Hospital data were extracted from a nationwide database of short-term acute care hospitals to measure 16 quality performance measures in myocardial infarction (MI), heart failure, and pneumonia during the 14 month interval ending March 2005. The data also permitted comparisons with state and national reference groups.

RESULTS: Of RMC patients with myocardial infarction (MI), 94% received aspirin on arrival, a figure higher than both state (85%) and national (91%) averages. Assessment of left ventricular dysfunction among heart failure patients was also higher at RMC (98%) than the state (74%) or national (79%) average. For RMC pneumonia patients, 79% received antibiotics within 4 h of admission, which compared favorably with State (76%) and national (75%) average. RMC scored higher on 13 of 16 clinical process measures (p<0.01, sign test analysis, >95% CI) compared to state and national averages.

DISCUSSION: Although acute health care needs are often met with limited resources in medically underserved regions, RMC performed above state and national average for most process measures assessed in this review. Our data were derived from one facility and the associated findings may not be applicable in other healthcare settings. Further studies are planned to track other parameters and specific clinical outcomes at RMC, as well as to identify specific institutional policies that facilitate attainment of target quality measures.

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