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.
|Indicator of Quality||Maine Hospitals||US Hospital||MDI Hospital|
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|1.||% of patients assessed and given pneumococcal vaccination if appropriate||95%||87%||100%|
|2.||% of patients given initial antibiotics within 6 hours after arrival if appropriate||97%||94%||97%|
|3.||% of patients given smoking cessation advice/counseling||96%||91%||100%|
|4.||% of patients given the most appropriate initial antibiotic(s) if appropriate||92%||89%||74%|
|5.||% of patients assessed and given influenza vaccination if appropriate||95%||85%||100%|
|6.||% 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%|