Quality of Care Measures

We currently provide quality of care information for four treatment areas at UNC Health Care:  Heart Attack (also called Acute Myocardial Infarction, or AMI), Heart Failure (HF), Pneumonia (PN), and Surgical Care (also referred to as the Surgical Care Improvement Program, or SCIP).

In each of these areas, we follow the recommended checklist for each condition. This is a “to-do list” for health care providers. Following the list helps UNC Health Care provide the best possible care to all of our patients when they have been diagnosed or are suspected of having a heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia, or if they are undergoing a surgical procedure here at UNC.

The graph below shows how well we are able to complete the specific checklist for every patient we see in these four areas. In order for our quality of care scores to improve, we must complete every action on the list every time – and at UNC Health Care we are committed to providing the right treatment in the safest possible environment for every one of our patients.