DCH Pneumonia Measure Quality vs. Other Area Hospitals
	Deckerville Community Hospital		MICAH - 34 Michigan Critical Access Hospitals
	# Patients	2006 Performance	# Patients	2006 Performance
Medicare Based Measures
First Antibiotic Dose Within 4 Hours of Hospital Arrival	4	100%	200	95.5%
First Antibiotic Given Consistent with Current Guidelines	3	33.3%	181	53.04%
Blood Culture Performed Before First Antibiotic Dose	4	75%	156	91.03%
Oxygenation Assessment	4	100%	264	97.35%
*Comparative data is provided from the Medicare Hospital Compare web site.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Explanation of Measure Importance

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination: A pneumonia (pneumococcal) shot can help prevent pneumonia in the future, even for patients who have been hospitalized for pneumonia.

 

Percent of Patients Given Initial Antibiotic(s) within 4 Hours After Arrival: Timely use of antibiotics can improve the treatment of pneumonia caused by bacteria.

 

Percent of Patients Given Oxygenation Assessment : Having enough oxygen in your blood is important to your health.

 

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling: Smoking is linked to pneumonia. Quitting could help prevent you from getting pneumonia again.

 

Percent of Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s): Antibiotics are medicines that treat infection. Each medicine is different. Hospitals should choose the antibiotics that best treat the infection type for each pneumonia patient.

 

Percent of Patients Having a Blood Culture Performed prior to First Antibiotic Recieved in Hospital: A blood culture tells what kind of medicine will work best to treat your pneumonia.