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Heart Attack - Sutter Solano Medical Center Timely and proper intervention can dramatically improve heart attack survival rates. Below are some of the key areas that medical experts focus on when treating patients who have a heart attack. Each of these actions is important to minimize damage to the heart, or help patients live well after they leave the hospital.
Aspirin given at arrival   SSMC 100%   U.S. Avg. 94%   Top U.S. Performance - 100%   Aspirin given at discharge   SSMC 100%   U.S. Avg. 91%   Top U.S. Performance - 100%   ACE Inhibitor/ARB given for LVSD   SSMC 100%   U.S. Avg. 88%   Top U.S. Performance - 100%   Beta Blocker given at arrival   SSMC 98%   U.S. Avg. 89%   Top U.S. Performance - 100%   Beta Blocker given at discharge   SSMC 100%   U.S. Avg. 92%   Top U.S. Performance - 100%   PCI (Percutaneous Coronary Intervention within 120 minutes     U.S. Avg. 67%   Top U.S. Performance - 90%   Thrombolytic drug given within 30 minutes of arrival   SSMC 50%   U.S. Avg. 40%   Top U.S. Performance - 100%   Adult smoking cessation advice/counseling   SSMC 100%   U.S. Avg. 92%   Top U.S. Performance - 100%
Sutter Solano Medical Center (SSMC) Data Source: Data pulled from MIDAS DataVision ( and provided to CMS), August 2007 - July 2008   Either no data was reported or no patients met the criteria for inclusion in the measure calculation. U.S. Average Data Source: CMS Hospital Compare, Q406 - Q307 Our goal is to perform among the top ten percent of hospitals nationwide. Data Source: CMS Hospital Compare, Q406 - Q307

Third Party Reports
Hospital Compare
www.hospitalcompare.hhs.gov
Provided by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, this site compares the quality of care provided by hospitals.

California HealthCare Foundation
www.calhospitalcompare.org/
This site compares how patients rate the care they received in California Hospitals.


Learn about Sutter Health's special initiative on treatment of heart attack
In January 2003, physicians and heart experts from across the Sutter network joined forces and created a task force to standardize care for heart attack patients and improve their chance of survival and their quality of life. The task force developed a best practice model of care for patients based on the most advanced research available.
Read about our program on treatment of heart attack