St Luke's ER Improves Flow and Earns Top National Rating
Sandi McIntosh cites bedside registration and standardized room layouts cutting arrival to room times to six to eight minutes. St Luke's ER boasts a 96th percentile patient satisfaction score for 2009 Q4, placing it in the nation’s top three percent for emergency care. The STS rates its open heart program three stars, the highest category, with Cedar Rapids’ St Luke's as the only hospital there offering open heart surgery.
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St Luke's Cuts Hospital Acquired Infections Through Aggressive Prevention
The CDC notes 1.7 million healthcare-associated infections annually. St Luke's runs an infection control program with carrier detection isolation hand hygiene and environmental disinfection. MRSA VRE and C diff cases have fallen by half or more over three years as the effort continues toward zero HAIs.
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St. Luke's Hospital 2009 Admissions and Procedures
The report lists St. Luke's Hospital admissions and procedures for 2009 including open heart surgeries robotic assisted surgeries cardiac rehabilitation visits heart catheterizations and electrophysiology lab procedures along with behavioral health admissions and births with totals in several categories.
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