Seal of Illinois

Illinois Hospital Report Card

and Consumer Guide to Health Care

South Shore Hospital


Quality - All

Process of Care and Inpatient Quality

Process of Care

These indicators are used to measure how often hospitals use recommended treatments known to get the best results for certain conditions. This data comes from medicare.gov/hospitalcompare

Patients who developed a blood clot while in the hospital who did not get treatment that could have prevented it

This measure is used to assess the percent of patients diagnosed with confirmed venous thromboembolism (VTE) during hospitalization (not present at admission) who did not receive VTE prophylaxis between hospital admission and the day before the VTE diagnosis testing order date.

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N/A

Readmission Rates

"Readmission" is when patients who had a recent stay in the hospital go back into hospital again. Rates of readmission can give information about whether a hospital is doing its best to prevent complications, educate patients at discharge, and ensure patients make a smooth transition to their home or another setting such as a nursing home. This data comes from medicare.gov/hospitalcompare.

Pneumonia Patients Readmitted to Hospital Within 30 Days

This measure shows the all-cause 30-day readmission rate for patients discharged from a previous hospital stay for pneumonia.

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17%
National Average
State Average

Heart Failure Patients Readmitted to Hospital Within 30 Days

This measure shows the all-cause 30-day readmission rate for patients discharged from a previous hospital stay for heart failure.

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21%
National Average
State Average

Heart Attack Patients Readmitted to Hospital Within 30 Days

This measure shows the all-cause 30-day readmission rate for patients discharged from a previous hospital stay for heart attack.

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N/A

Thirty Day Mortality

These indicators are used to measure patient mortality within thirty days of a hospital admission. This adverse outome could potentially be related to quality of care. This data comes from medicare.gov/hospitalcompare.

Pneumonia 30-Day Mortality Rate

This measure shows the rate for all-cause mortality (death from any cause) within 30 days of a hospital admission for pneumonia.

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18%
National Average
State Average

Heart Failure 30-Day Mortality Rate

This measure shows the rate for all-cause mortality (death from any cause) within 30 days of a hospital admission for heart failure.

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N/A

Heart Attack 30-Day Mortality Rate

This measure shows the rate for all-cause mortality (death from any cause) within 30 days of a hospital admission for heart attack.

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N/A

Inpatient Mortality

Better processes of care may reduce short-term mortality, which represents better quality. IDPH uses discharge data provided by hospitals and inpatient quality indicators provided by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). Read about risk adjustment and the Report Card methodology.

Statistical Significance

Statistically significantly better than state average or performing at the best possible rate Statistically significantly better than state average or performing at the best possible rate
Not statistically significantly better or worse Not statistically significantly better or worse than state average
Statistically significantly worse than state average Statistically significantly worse than state average

Footnotes
Key Description
10 The number of cases is too small (<25) to reliably tell how well a hospital is performing.
11 The number of cases is too small (<30) to reliably tell how well a hospital is performing.
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