What is Pneumonia?
Pneumonia is an infection of the lungs. Many different organisms can cause it, including bacteria, viruses, and fungi. Pneumonia can range from mild to severe, and can even be deadly. The severity depends on the type of organism causing pneumonia, as well as your age and underlying health.
Learn more about Pneumonia.
How is Care Measured?
When someone has Pneumonia, timely, clear-cut treatment is critical. Evidence has shown that patients who received specific treatments and medications at certain times experienced the best outcomes. These procedures and medications include
- Oxygenation Assessment
- Patients given Pneumococcal Vaccination if appropriate
- Blood Culture done before antibiotics given
- Smoking cessation advice/counseling
- Antibiotic given with 6 hours of arrival
- Appropriate antibiotic given
- Patients given Influenza Vaccination if appropriate
University Hospitals Bedford Medical Center, A Campus of UH Regional Hospitals exceeds the national average for most of the Pneumonia care standards achieved by the nation’s top hospitals.
Details for each measurement are available at the Health and Human Services Web site Hospital Compare.
Pneumonia
| UH Bedford Campus of UH Regional Hospitals Process of Care Measure |
Percentage for UH Bedford Campus of UH Regional Hospitals |
State Average
|
National Average |
| Percent of Pneumonia Patients Assesses and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination
|
95% |
95% |
93% |
| Percent of Pneumonia Patients Whose Initial Emergency Room Blood Culture Was Performed Prior to the Administration of the First Hospital Dose of Antibiotics
|
93% |
97% |
96% |
| Percent of Pneumonia Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
|
97% |
98% |
97% |
| Percent of Pneumonia Patients Given Initial Antibiotic(s) within 6 Hours After Arrival
|
96% |
96% |
95% |
| Percent of Pneumonia Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)
|
98% |
92% |
92% |
| Percent of Pneumonia Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination
|
85% |
93% |
91% |