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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.     		 
    Help Aspirin given at arrival
    		 
    SSMC Avg. - 100%
    U.S. Avg. 94%  
    Top U.S. Performance - 100%  
    Help Aspirin given at discharge
    		 
    SSMC Avg.- 100%
    U.S. Avg. 93%  
    Top U.S. Performance - 100%  
    Help ACE Inhibitor/ARB given for LVSD
    		 
    SSMC Avg. - 100%  
    U.S. Avg. 90%  
    Top U.S. Performance - 100%  
    Help Beta Blocker given at discharge
    		 
    SSMC Avg. - 95%  
    U.S. Avg. 93%  
    Top U.S. Performance - 100%  
    Help PCI (Percutaneous Coronary Intervention within 90 minutes
    		 
    See Below  
    U.S. Avg. 77%  
    Top U.S. Performance - 96%  
    Help Thrombolytic Medication given within 30 minutes of arrival
    		 
    SSMC Avg. - 80%  
    U.S. Avg. 41%  
    Top U.S. Performance - 100%  
    Help Adult smoking cessation advice/counseling
    		 
    SSMC Avg. - 100%  
    U.S. Avg. 95%  
    Top U.S. Performance - 100%  
    		 
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    Key Sutter Solano Medical Center (SSMC)
    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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    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.