The PHCQA Performance & Progress Report on hosptial quality
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Geisinger Medical Center

100 North Academy Avenue

Danville, PA 17822-3050

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Appropriate Care

Appropriate Care Measures Indicates how often patients received all recommended treatments for their clinical condition. Goal is 100%.
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  Geisinger Medical Center PA Rate * US Rate *+ Top 10% Nationally +
Overall Appropriate Care    94% 88% 86% 97%
   Heart Attack Care    98% 94% 93% 100%
   Heart Failure Care    97% 87% 85% 99%
   Pneumonia Care    89% 84% 84% 97%
   Surgical Care    91% 89% 86% 97%

Heart Attack

Process Measures Measures how often hospitals are performing recommended tasks. Goal is 100%.
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  Geisinger Medical Center PA Rate * US Rate * Top 10% Nationally
Aspirin on Arrival    99% 98% 98% 100%
Aspirin Prescribed at Discharge    100% 99% 98% 100%
ACEI or ARB for LVSD    98% 95% 95% 100%
Beta Blocker Prescribed at Discharge    100% 99% 98% 100%
PCI within 90 Minutes    95% 85% 86% 100%

Outcome Measures Measures hospital results in specific areas. Goal is 0%.

  Geisinger Medical Center PA Average    
Heart Attack Mortality   No different than U.S. National Rate
CABG Mortality    0.0 % 1.7 % Significantly lower than the expected rate

Heart Failure

Process Measures Measures how often hospitals are performing recommended tasks. Goal is 100%.
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  Geisinger Medical Center PA Rate * US Rate * Top 10% Nationally
Discharge Instructions    97% 87% 86% 100%
ACEI or ARB for LVSD    98% 94% 93% 100%

Outcome Measures Measures hospital results in specific areas. Goal is 0%.

  Geisinger Medical Center PA Average    
Heart Failure Mortality   Worse than U.S. National Rate
Readmission Rate for Heart Failure (Complication / Infection)    6.3 % 7.3 % Not significantly different than the expected rate

Pneumonia

Process Measures Measures how often hospitals are performing recommended tasks. Goal is 100%.
The column highlighted in yellow is the benchmark to which the hospital is compared. Click other column headers to change the comparison.

  Geisinger Medical Center PA Rate * US Rate * Top 10% Nationally
Pneumococcal Screen/Vaccination    96% 93% 91% 100%
Blood Culture within First 24 hours (ICU)    100% 96% 95% 100%
Blood Culture prior to First Antibiotic    90% 95% 94% 100%
Initial Antibiotic within 6 Hours    98% 95% 94% 100%
Initial Antibiotic Selection    97% 92% 91% 99%
Initial Antibiotic Selection for ICU Patients    50% 67% 66% 100%
Initial Antibiotic Selection for Non-ICU Patients    100% 95% 94% 100%
Influenza Screen/Vaccination    92% 89% 88% 100%

Surgical Care and Infection Prevention

Process Measures Measures how often hospitals are performing recommended tasks. Goal is 100%.
The column highlighted in yellow is the benchmark to which the hospital is compared. Click other column headers to change the comparison.

  Geisinger Medical Center PA Rate * US Rate * Top 10% Nationally
Beta Blocker during the Perioperative Period    86% 92% 91% 100%
Prophylactic Antibiotic within 1 hour of incision    [ + ] 98% 96% 95% 100%
Appropriate Antibiotic    [ + ] 99% 98% 98% 100%
Prophylactic Antibiotic Discontinued within 24 hours    [ + ] 97% 94% 92% 99%
Cardiac Surgery Patients with Controlled 6 A.M. Postoperative Blood Glucose    96% 96% 92% 99%
VTE Ordered prior to Surgery    97% 96% 93% 100%
VTE Received within 24 Hours of Surgery    96% 94% 91% 100%

Outcome Measures Measures hospital results in specific areas. Goal is 0%.

  Geisinger Medical Center PA Average    
Bloodstream Infections    1.5 1.6    

Consumer Assessment

Patient Experience Measures Measures various aspects of patients’ experiences during their hospital stay. Goal is 100%.
The column highlighted in yellow is the benchmark to which the hospital is compared. Click other column headers to change the comparison.

  Geisinger Medical Center PA Avg US Avg Top 10% Nationally
Doctor Communication    77% 78% 80% 87%
Nurse Communication    78% 75% 75% 83%
Responsiveness of Hospital Staff    67% 62% 63% 75%
Pain Well Controlled    68% 68% 69% 75%
Medicine Explained by Staff    60% 58% 59% 67%
Room and Bathroom Kept Clean    74% 69% 70% 81%
Room Quiet at Night    44% 50% 57% 70%
Provided Discharge Information    87% 81% 81% 87%
Hospital Rating    71% 63% 66% 77%
Hospital Recommendation    75% 65% 68% 81%

*The PA and US rates are case-weighted averages. The rates are calculated by dividing the total number of patients who had the recommended care by the total number of patients who met the criteria for that measure across all hospitals.

**The hospital quality measures reported on this website come from a variety of sources using several data collection processes and update schedules. While the PHCQA website contains the most recent publicly available information, the time periods represented by these data range from 6 to 24 months old. Caution should be used when drawing conclusions from these data as a hospital's performance may have changed significantly since the data was collected and reported. The PHCQA recommends you contact the hospital directly to obtain the most recent performance data.

+US rates and Top 10% Benchmarks for Overall and Pneumonia Care are calculated using PN-5c in place of PN-5b for all data from April 2007 forward. National benchmark data provided by the Oklahoma Foundation for Medical Quality.

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