Intensive Care Nursery
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We ask our parents to rate our care as one way to evaluate and improve our services. "How's Your Baby" is a survey that we ask our families to fill out. It includes questions about the baby's stay in the hospital, leaving the hospital, and having the baby at home. (For more detail, click on each underlined measure below. A dash " - " means that there is no available comparison.) |
DHMC 2007 | Top 10% | Average |
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| "HOW'S YOUR BABY" SURVEY | |||
| Overall care: Percent of parents who rated the care in the ICN as excellent or very good. | 96% | - | - |
| Confidence about feeding: Percent of parents who felt confident about feeding their baby when they were brought home from the ICN. | 88% | - | - |
| Preparation for discharge: Percent of parents who felt ready to care for their baby at home. | 94% | - | - |
| Parent participation in decision making: Percent of parents who said that they were able to share in making decisions about their baby's care as much as they wanted. | 76% | 76% | 60% |
| Parent participation in care: Percent of parents who said that while their baby was in the ICN, they had just the right amount of participation in their baby's care. | 92% | 97% | 87% |
| Being with your baby: Percent of parents who responded to the survey and said that while their baby was in the ICN, they were able to be with their baby when they wanted. | 94% | 96% | 81% |
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We track many characteristics of babies in the Intensive Care Nursery, including birth weight, gestational age, and how long babies stay in the ICN. (For more detail, click on each underlined measure below. A dash " - " means that there is no available comparison.) |
DHMC 2007 | Top 10% | Average |
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| BIRTH WEIGHT | |||
| Percent of babies weighing 3 lbs 5 oz or less at birth: % of babies admitted to the ICN who weighed 3 pounds, 5 ounces or less (1500 grams or less) when they were born. | 19% | - | - |
| Percent of babies weighing more than 3 lbs 5 oz: % of babies admitted to the ICN who weighed more than 3 pounds, 5 ounces (more than 1500 grams) when they were born. | 81% | - | - |
| GESTATIONAL AGE | |||
| Percent of babies who are admitted to the ICN and are premature: % of babies who were admitted to the ICN and were premature (born before 37 weeks gestational age). | 42% | - | - |
| Percent of babies who are admitted to the ICN and are full term: % of babies who were admitted to the ICN and were full term (born at or after 37 weeks gestational age). | 58% | - | - |
| ADMISSION | |||
| Percent of babies admitted to the ICN who were born at DHMC: % of babies admitted to the ICN who were born at DHMC. | 52% | - | - |
| Percent of babies admitted to the ICN who were born at another hospital: % of babies admitted to the ICN who were born at another hospital and transferred to the ICN by ambulance or helicopter. | 47% | - | - |
| DISCHARGE | |||
| Percent of babies discharged home: % of babies who were discharged from the ICN to home. | 80% | - | - |
| Percent of babies discharged to another hospital: % of babies who were discharged to another hospital (often close to where the family lives). | 18% | - | - |
| LENGTH OF HOSPITAL STAY | |||
| Percent of premature babies who stay in the ICN less than 2 months: % of babies born before 37 weeks gestational age and stayed in the ICN less than 2 months. | 76% | - | - |
| Percent of full term babies who stay in the ICN for less than 2 weeks: % of babies born at or after 37 weeks gestational age and stayed in the ICN less than 2 weeks. | 64% | - | - |
| NUMBER OF BABIES IN THE ICN | |||
| Yearly number of babies in the ICN: Number of babies cared for in the ICN in one year. |
443 (#) |
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| Average daily number of babies: Average number of babies in the intensive care nursery at DHMC every day. |
22 (#) |
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15 (#) |
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Monitoring our care helps us evaluate and improve the way we deliver care. We emphasize areas where experts agree on the best treatment for a certain condition. (For more detail, click on each underlined measure below. A dash " - " means that there is no available comparison.) |
DHMC 2006 | Top 10% | Average |
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| COMPLICATIONS - babies who weighed 3 lbs 5 oz or less at birth (1500 grams or less) | |||
| Intraventricular hemorrhage: Percent of babies who had bleeding in the ventricles of the brain while in the ICN. | 25% | - | 26% |
| Bacterial infection at the hospital: Percent of babies who got an infection while in the ICN. | 15% | - | 20% |
| Necrotizing enterocolitis: Percent of babies who got necrotizing enterocolitis while in the ICN. | 15% | - | 6.8% |
| Chronic lung disease: Percent of babies who got chronic lung disease while in the ICN. | 31% | - | 27% |
| Retinopathy of prematurity: Percent of babies who had retinopathy of prematurity while in the ICN. | 25% | - | 38% |
| PUMPING BREAST MILK | |||
| Pumping breast milk started - babies weighing 3 lbs 5 oz or less at birth: Percent of mothers who began pumping breast milk while their baby (weighing 3 lbs 5 oz or less at birth) was in the ICN. | 84% | - | - |
| BREAST MILK AT DISCHARGE | |||
| Use of breast milk - babies weighing 3 lbs 5 oz or less at birth: Percent of babies in the ICN (weighing 3 lbs 5 oz or less at birth) fed with breast milk when they were discharged. | 60% | - | 46% |
| Overall use of breast milk at discharge: Percent of babies in the ICN fed with breast milk when they were discharged. | 65% | - | - |
| PUMPING BREAST MILK | |||
| Pumping breast milk started - all babies: Percent of mothers who began pumping breast milk while their baby was in the ICN. | 80% | - | - |
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Partnering with the communities that we serve is an important component of delivering specialty services. (For more detail, click on each underlined measure below. A dash " - " means that there is no available comparison.) |
DHMC 2007 | Top 10% | Average |
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| Number of high-risk team conferences: Number of high-risk pregnancy and newborn team conferences held each year at local hospitals. |
29 (#) |
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Where to go for more information
- Intensive Care Nursery
- Center for Shared Decision Making
- Things you can do to make your health care safe
We are interested in your feedback and questions. Please send email to: QualityReports@hitchcock.org to let us know if this is helpful, or if you need something you can't find here.
