Pneumonia Care Data
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Pneumonia is a serious lung infection that causes difficulty breathing, fever, cough and fatigue. These quality measures show some of the recommended treatments for pneumonia. Click here for more information about pneumonia.
The rates displayed in these graphs are from data reported for discharges October 2008 - September 2009. Timing of this information is based on release of information from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Green is for scores equal to or above the state and national averages.
Yellow is for scores between the state or national average.
Red is for scores below both the national and state averages.
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(See below for more data)
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% of patients assessed and given pneumococcal vaccination if appropriate |
95% |
87% |
100% |
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% of patients given initial antibiotics within 6 hours after arrival if appropriate |
97% |
94% |
97% |
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% of patients given smoking cessation advice/counseling |
96% |
91% |
100% |
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% of patients given the most appropriate initial antibiotic(s) if appropriate |
92% |
89% |
74% |
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% of patients assessed and given influenza vaccination if appropriate |
95% |
85% |
100% |
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% of patients whose initial ER blood culture was performed prior to the administration of the 1st hospital dose of antibiotoics if appropriate |
95% |
92% |
100% |
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Pneumonia Indicator Keys
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- The pneumococcal vaccine may help you prevent, or lower the risk of complications of pneumonia caused by bacteria. It may also help you prevent future infections. Patients with pneumonia should be asked if they have been vaccinated recently for pneumonia and, if not, should be given the vaccine.
- Antibiotics are used to treat adults with pneumonia caused by bacteria. Early treatment with antibiotics can cure bacterial pneumonia and reduce the possibility of complications.
- Smoking increases your chances of getting pneumonia or other chronic lung diseases like emphysema and bronchitis. Smoking is also linked to lung cancer, heart disease, and stroke, and can cause premature death. It is important for you to get information to help you quit smoking before you leave the hospital. Quitting may reduce your chance of getting pneumonia again.
- If pneumonia is caused by bacteria, hospitals will treat the infection with antibiotics. Different bacteria are treated with different antibiotics.
- Hospitals should check to make sure that pneumonia patients, particularly those who are age 50 or older, get a flu shot during flu season to protect them from another lung infection and to help prevent the spread of influenza.
- A blood culture is a test that can help your health care provider identify which bacteria may have caused your pneumonia, and which antibiotic should be prescribed. A blood culture is not always needed, but for patients who are first seen in the hospital emergency department, it is important for the accuracy of the test that blood culture be conducted before any antibiotics are started.
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