Pneumonia

Pneumonia Quality of Care Measures - Pneumonia is a serious lung infection that causes difficulty breathing, fever, cough and fatigue. These measures show some of the recommended treatments for pneumonia.

Pneumonia Readmissions Ratio

Hospitals and other providers are working toward preventing complications that can lead to avoidable readmissions.  The goals are- better patient care, better population health and lower healthcare costs through improvement.  This graph was provided by Quails Health, the Quality Improvement Organization for Idaho and Washington. The Ratios are calculated from the posted Hospital Compare data which covers a three year period (currently thru June 2010).  Excess readmissions ratio is >1%.  Tri-State Hospitals pneumonia readmission rate ranks 4^th lowest of all Washington State Critical Access Hospitals.

Tri-State Memorial Hospital scores higher in all but one area than both Washington State and National average.

*Data available on the Hospital Compare website is 9-12 months old.  In an effort to keep you informed and reflect Tri-State’s current performance – we are posting the most recent quarter’s results.