| Measure | Description | Hospital Percent or Rate | Number of
Hospital
Observations | Ranking Compared to All Other Maine Hospitals |
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| AMI-1 | Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) patients who received aspirin within 24 hours before or after hospital arrival. | 100.0% | 17 | One of the best performers |
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| AMI-5 | Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) patients who are prescribed a betablocker at hospital discharge | 100.0% | 7 | One of the best performers |
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| HF-2 | Heart failure patients with documentation in the hospital record that left ventricular systolic (LVS) function was evaluated before arrival, during hospitalization, or is planned for after discharge | 98.0% | 50 | Like most other hospitals |
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| HF-3 | Heart failure patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction (LVSD) who are prescribed an ACEI or ARB at hospital discharge. For purposes of this measure, LVSD is defined as chart documentation of a left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) less than 40% or a narrative description of left ventricular systolic (LVS) function consistent with moderate or severe systolic dysfunction. | 80.0% | 5 | Like most other hospitals |
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| NSPC – 2 | Number of inpatient falls per 1000 inpatient days. | 3.8 | 4964 | Like most other hospitals |
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| NSSC – 7c | Rate of voluntary uncontrolled separations during the quarter for RN/APN/LVN/LPN and nurse assistants/aides (NA) relative to the number employed at beginning of quarter. | 0.0 | 147 | One of the best performers |
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| PN-2 | Pneumonia patients, age 65 and older, who were screened for pneumococcal vaccine status and were administered the vaccine prior to discharge, if indicated. | 97.6% | 42 | Like most other hospitals |
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| PN-5c | Pneumonia patients who receive their first dose of antibiotics within 6 hours after arrival at the hospital (Implemented as replacement for PN-5b "antibiotics within 4 hours" effective July 1, 2008) | 98.0% | 50 | Like most other hospitals |
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| SCIP-1a | Rate for surgical patients with prophylactic antibiotics initiated within one hour prior to surgical incision (two hours if receiving vancomycin or fluoroquinolone) - overall rate. | 100.0% | 66 | One of the best performers |
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| SCIP-3a | Surgical patients whose prophylactic antibiotics were discontinued within 24 hours after anesthesia end time - overall rate | 95.5% | 66 | Like most other hospitals |
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