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Heart Failure - Sutter Health System Average Heart failure has been called a new epidemic that affects nearly 5 million Americans and is the top cause of hospitalization for people over age sixty-five. Below are some of the key areas that medical experts focus on when treating patients who are hospitalized with heart failure. Each of these actions will help patients live better with the disease.
Assessment of Left Ventricular Function (LVF)   Sutter Health Avg. - 99% U.S. Avg. 89%   Top U.S. Performance - 100%   ACE inhibitor/ARB drugs given for left ventricular systolic dysfunction   Sutter Health Avg.- 98% U.S. Avg. 89%   Top U.S. Performance - 100%   Discharge instructions when patients leave the hospital   Sutter Health Avg.- 90%   U.S. Avg. 76%   Top U.S. Performance - 99%   Smoking cessation advice and counseling   Sutter Health Avg. - 99%   U.S. Avg. 91%   Top U.S. Performance - 100%
Sutter Health System Average The Sutter Health System Average (mean) is calculated by taking the sum of all non-excluded hospitals' scores (where there was at least one case that met the inclusion criteria) and dividing by the total number of hospitals .Data Source: Data from MIDAS DataVision ( and provided to CMS), August 2008- August 2009   The number of cases is too small (n<25) for purposes of reliably predicting hospital performance U.S. Average Data Source: CMS Hospital Compare, Q108 - Q408 Our goal is to perform among the top ten percent of hospitals nationwide. Data Source: CMS Hospital Compare, Q108 - Q408

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