The PHCQA Performance & Progress Report on hosptial quality
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Geisinger South Wilkes Barre Hospital

25 Church Street

Wilkes-Barre, PA 18765-999

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Appropriate Care

Appropriate Care Measures Indicates how often patients received all recommended treatments for their clinical condition. Goal is 100%.
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  Geisinger South Wilkes Barre Hospital PA Rate * US Rate *+ Top 10% Nationally +
Overall Appropriate Care    74% 85% 85% 96%
   Heart Attack Care    92% 92% 91% 100%
   Heart Failure Care    59% 85% 85% 99%
   Pneumonia Care    76% 79% 82% 97%
   Surgical Care    76% 86% 84% 97%

Heart Attack

Process Measures Measures how often hospitals are performing recommended tasks. Goal is 100%.
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  Geisinger South Wilkes Barre Hospital PA Rate * US Rate * Top 10% Nationally
Aspirin on Arrival    86% 98% 98% 100%
Aspirin Prescribed at Discharge    100% 98% 98% 100%
ACEI or ARB for LVSD    100% 94% 94% 100%
Beta Blocker Prescribed at Discharge    100% 98% 98% 100%
PCI within 90 Minutes    N/A 83% 83% 98%

Outcome Measures Measures hospital results in specific areas. Goal is 0%.

  Geisinger South Wilkes Barre Hospital PA Average    
Heart Attack Mortality   No different than U.S. National Rate
CABG Mortality    1.8 % 1.7 % Not significantly different than the expected rate

Heart Failure

Process Measures Measures how often hospitals are performing recommended tasks. Goal is 100%.
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  Geisinger South Wilkes Barre Hospital PA Rate * US Rate * Top 10% Nationally
Discharge Instructions    48% 85% 84% 99%
ACEI or ARB for LVSD    69% 93% 93% 100%

Outcome Measures Measures hospital results in specific areas. Goal is 0%.

  Geisinger South Wilkes Barre Hospital PA Average    
Heart Failure Mortality   No different than U.S. National Rate
Readmission Rate for Heart Failure (Complication / Infection)    N/A 7.6 %    

Pneumonia

Process Measures Measures how often hospitals are performing recommended tasks. Goal is 100%.
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  Geisinger South Wilkes Barre Hospital PA Rate * US Rate * Top 10% Nationally
Pneumococcal Screen/Vaccination    98% 91% 89% 99%
Blood Culture within First 24 hours (ICU)    N/A 95% 95% 100%
Blood Culture prior to First Antibiotic    92% 94% 94% 100%
Initial Antibiotic within 6 Hours    84% 95% 94% 100%
Initial Antibiotic Selection    82% 91% 90% 98%
Initial Antibiotic Selection for ICU Patients    N/A 65% 63% 100%
Initial Antibiotic Selection for Non-ICU Patients    N/A 94% 94% 99%
Influenza Screen/Vaccination    N/A 89% 88% 99%

Surgical Care and Infection Prevention

Process Measures Measures how often hospitals are performing recommended tasks. Goal is 100%.
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  Geisinger South Wilkes Barre Hospital PA Rate * US Rate * Top 10% Nationally
Beta Blocker during the Perioperative Period    N/A 90% 89% 100%
Prophylactic Antibiotic within 1 hour of incision    92% 95% 94% 99%
Prophylactic Antibiotic Discontinued within 24 hours    88% 93% 91% 99%
Cardiac Surgery Patients with Controlled 6 A.M. Postoperative Blood Glucose    N/A 95% 91% 100%
VTE Ordered prior to Surgery    83% 95% 92% 99%
VTE Received within 24 Hours of Surgery    83% 93% 90% 98%

Outcome Measures Measures hospital results in specific areas. Goal is 0%.

  Geisinger South Wilkes Barre Hospital PA Average    
Bloodstream Infections    0.7 1.6    

Consumer Assessment

Patient Experience Measures Measures various aspects of patients’ experiences during their hospital stay. Goal is 100%.
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  Geisinger South Wilkes Barre Hospital PA Avg US Avg Top 10% Nationally
Doctor Communication    78% 78% 80% 87%
Nurse Communication    72% 75% 74% 82%
Responsiveness of Hospital Staff    69% 62% 62% 75%
Pain Well Controlled    68% 68% 68% 76%
Medicine Explained by Staff    54% 58% 59% 67%
Room and Bathroom Kept Clean    71% 68% 70% 81%
Room Quiet at Night    53% 49% 56% 70%
Provided Discharge Information    77% 81% 80% 87%
Hospital Rating    59% 63% 65% 76%
Hospital Recommendation    56% 65% 68% 81%

*The PA and US rates are case-weighted averages. The rates are calculated by dividing the total number of patients who had the recommended care by the total number of patients who met the criteria for that measure across all hospitals.

**The hospital quality measures reported on this website come from a variety of sources using several data collection processes and update schedules. While the PHCQA website contains the most recent publicly available information, the time periods represented by these data range from 6 to 24 months old. Caution should be used when drawing conclusions from these data as a hospital's performance may have changed significantly since the data was collected and reported. The PHCQA recommends you contact the hospital directly to obtain the most recent performance data.

+US rates and Top 10% Benchmarks for Overall and Pneumonia Care are calculated using PN-5c in place of PN-5b for all data from April 2007 forward. National benchmark data provided by the Oklahoma Foundation for Medical Quality.

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