Surgery Care Performance Results
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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 2008-2009 | Top 10% | Average |
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| PREVENTING SURGICAL INFECTIONS | |||
| Use of preventive antibiotics before surgery: Percent of eligible patients getting preventive antibiotics within one hour of the start of surgery. | 97% | - | 95% |
| Use of appropriate preventive antibiotics: Percent of eligible patients getting the recommended preventive antibiotics before surgery. | 99% | - | 97% |
| Use of preventive antibiotics after surgery: Percent of eligible patients whose preventive antibiotics are stopped within the recommended amount of time after surgery is completed. | 93% | - | 91% |
| Control of blood sugar in heart surgery patients: Percent of heart surgery patients with well controlled blood sugar the first 2 mornings after surgery. | 98% | - | 91% |
| Use of appropriate hair removal methods before surgery: Percent of surgery patients with appropriate hair removal from the surgical site. | 99% | - | 98% |
| PREVENTING HEART PROBLEMS | |||
| Beta blocker use during surgery: Percent of eligible patients who usually take beta blockers (a kind of medication) who got beta blockers during their surgery. | 88% | - | 94% |
| PREVENTING BLOOD CLOTS | |||
| Recommended blood clot prevention ordered: Percent of eligible surgery patients with the recommended blood clot prevention ordered. | 99% | - | 95% |
| Recommended blood clot prevention received: Percent of eligible surgery patients getting appropriate blood clot prevention. | 98% | - | 93% |
| OVERALL PERFORMANCE | |||
| Overall performance for surgical infection and complication prevention (composite): Percent of eligible patients getting all the recommended elements of care for preventing surgical infection and other complications. | 85% | - | 87% |
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