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Care You Can Rely On

At Geisinger, we believe that patients and their families should know how we are performing, and that public reporting helps us document our care more carefully, collect more valid data, and provide better patient care. We continually review and evaluate the way we provide care, and the indicators below are some of the “best practices” we measure. For more information about each aspect or care, click on the title below. A dash " - " indicates that no comparative data is available.

Geisinger
Medical Center
2006-2007

Average

 HEART ATTACK CARE
Aspirin at arrival:% of patients given aspirin at arrival100%97%
Aspirin at discharge: % of patients given aspirin at discharge99%97%
Beta Blockers at arrival: % of patients given beta blocker at arrival99%94%
Beta Blockers at discharge: % of patients given beta blocker at discharge99%97%
ACE Inhibitor or ARB medications at discharge for heart patients: % of patients given ACE inhibitor or ARB for left ventricular systolic dysfunction90%89%
Advice for heart attack patients to quit smoking: % of patients given smoking cessation advice/counseling100%98%
Time to treat Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI): % of patients given PCI within 90 minutes of arrival82%65%
In-hospital mortality rate: % of heart attack patients who die while hospitalized--
 HEART FAILURE CARE
Assessment of left ventricular function: % of patients given assessment of left ventricular function98%94%
ACE Inhibitor of ARB medications at discharge for heart failure patients: % of patients given ACE inhibitor or ARB for left ventricular systolic dysfunction76%88%
Discharge instructions: % of patients given discharge instructions about follow-up and home care77%74%
Advice for heart failure patients to quit smoking: % of patients given smoking cessation advice/counseling81%94%
 PNEUMONIA CARE
Oxygenation assessment: % of patients given oxygenation assessment100%100%
Use of blood cultures: % of patients whose blood cultures were taken 24 hours before or after arriving at the hospital91%90%
Time to treat with antibiotics: % of patients given initial antibiotic(s) within 4 hours after arrival89%81%
Use of appropriate antibiotics - ICU patients: % of patients given antibiotics  in intensive care unit--
Use of appropriate antibiotics - Non-ICU patients: % of patients given antibiotics not in intensive care unit91%91%
Use of pneumococcal vaccine: % of patients assessed and given pneumococcal vaccination90%81%
Use of influenza vaccine: % of patients receiving influenza vaccine while hospitalized69%79%
Advice for pneumonia patients to quit smoking: % of patients given smoking cessation advice/counseling70%92%
 SURGICAL CARE
Use of preventative antibiotics: % of patients given antibiotics 1 hour before incision91%82%
Use of preventative antibiotics: % of patients given appropriate antibiotics for their surgery88%90%

Appropriate use of antibiotics: % of surgery patients whose preventative antibiotics are stopped within 24 hours after surgery

75%78%
Doctor treatments to prevent blood clots: % of surgery patients whose doctors ordered treatments to prevent blood clots for surgeries89%79%
Treatment to prevent blood clots: % of surgery patients who received treatment to prevent blood clots within 24 hours before or after surgery88%75%
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