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MERCY HOSPITAL Quality Report

MERCY HOSPITAL
144 STATE ST
PORTLAND, ME 04101

CUMBERLAND county
Phone: 207-879-3000
Acute Care Hospitals
Ownership: Voluntary non-profit - Church
Accreditation: Yes
Emergency Service: Yes

Please use the following conditions to evaluate the quality of this hospital.

Heart Attack

1. Heart Attack Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge

MERCY HOSPITAL 98% Average for the State of Maine 94% National Average of Hospitals submitting data: 90% Top 10%' of Hospitals submitting data scored equal to or higher than: 100%

2. Heart Attack Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge

MERCY HOSPITAL 98% Average for the State of Maine 96% National Average of Hospitals submitting data: 90% Top 10%' of Hospitals submitting data scored equal to or higher than: 100%

3. Heart Attack Patients Given Beta Blocker at Arrival

MERCY HOSPITAL 98% Average for the State of Maine 97% National Average of Hospitals submitting data: 87% Top 10%' of Hospitals submitting data scored equal to or higher than: 100%

4. Heart Attack Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival

MERCY HOSPITAL 99% Average for the State of Maine 97% National Average of Hospitals submitting data: 93% Top 10%' of Hospitals submitting data scored equal to or higher than: 100%

5. Heart Attack Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)

MERCY HOSPITAL 100% Average for the State of Maine 85% National Average of Hospitals submitting data: 83% Top 10%' of Hospitals submitting data scored equal to or higher than: 100%

6. Heart Attack Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

MERCY HOSPITAL 88% Average for the State of Maine 86% National Average of Hospitals submitting data: 89% Top 10%' of Hospitals submitting data scored equal to or higher than: 100%

Heart Failure

1. Heart Failure Patients Given an Evaluation of Left Ventricular Systolic (LVS) Function

MERCY HOSPITAL 97% Average for the State of Maine 92% National Average of Hospitals submitting data: 84% Top 10%' of Hospitals submitting data scored equal to or higher than: 99%

2. Heart Failure Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

MERCY HOSPITAL 100% Average for the State of Maine 90% National Average of Hospitals submitting data: 83% Top 10%' of Hospitals submitting data scored equal to or higher than: 100%

3. Heart Failure Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)

MERCY HOSPITAL 89% Average for the State of Maine 84% National Average of Hospitals submitting data: 82% Top 10%' of Hospitals submitting data scored equal to or higher than: 100%

4. Heart Failure Patients Given Discharge Instructions

MERCY HOSPITAL 66% Average for the State of Maine 71% National Average of Hospitals submitting data: 63% Top 10%' of Hospitals submitting data scored equal to or higher than: 94%

Pneumonia

1. Pneumonia Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)

MERCY HOSPITAL 91% Average for the State of Maine 90% National Average of Hospitals submitting data: 84% Top 10%' of Hospitals submitting data scored equal to or higher than: 95%

2. Pneumonia Patients Whose Initial Emergency Room Blood Culture Was Performed Prior To The Administration Of The First Hospital Dose Of Antibiotics

MERCY HOSPITAL 72% Average for the State of Maine 89% National Average of Hospitals submitting data: 90% Top 10%' of Hospitals submitting data scored equal to or higher than: 100%

3. Pneumonia Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

MERCY HOSPITAL 96% Average for the State of Maine 86% National Average of Hospitals submitting data: 81% Top 10%' of Hospitals submitting data scored equal to or higher than: 100%

4. Pneumonia Patients Given Oxygenation Assessment

MERCY HOSPITAL 100% Average for the State of Maine 100% National Average of Hospitals submitting data: 99% Top 10%' of Hospitals submitting data scored equal to or higher than: 100%

5. Pneumonia Patients Given Initial Antibiotic(s) within 4 Hours After Arrival

MERCY HOSPITAL 83% Average for the State of Maine 87% National Average of Hospitals submitting data: 80% Top 10%' of Hospitals submitting data scored equal to or higher than: 93%

6. Pneumonia Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination

MERCY HOSPITAL 83% Average for the State of Maine 79% National Average of Hospitals submitting data: 71% Top 10%' of Hospitals submitting data scored equal to or higher than: 94%

7. Pneumonia Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination

MERCY HOSPITAL 77% Average for the State of Maine 80% National Average of Hospitals submitting data: 70% Top 10%' of Hospitals submitting data scored equal to or higher than: 100%

Surgical Infection Prevention

1. Surgery Patients Who Received Preventative Antibiotic(s) One Hour Before Incision

MERCY HOSPITAL 81% Average for the State of Maine 89% National Average of Hospitals submitting data: 78% Top 10%' of Hospitals submitting data scored equal to or higher than: 95%

2. Surgery Patients who Received the Appropriate Preventative Antibiotic(s) for Their Surgery

MERCY HOSPITAL 90% Average for the State of Maine 96% National Average of Hospitals submitting data: 90% Top 10%' of Hospitals submitting data scored equal to or higher than: 100%

3. Surgery Patients Whose Preventative Antibiotic(s) are Stopped Within 24 hours After Surgery

MERCY HOSPITAL 81% Average for the State of Maine 88% National Average of Hospitals submitting data: 74% Top 10%' of Hospitals submitting data scored equal to or higher than: 95%

Note: The data on this site only reflect the aspects of "Heart Attack", "Heart Failure", "Pneumonia", and "Surgical Infection Prevention". These are important indicators of the hospital quality. However, they are not the comprehensive evaluation. learn more...

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