Quality Measure: Pneumonia    Pneumonia is a serious lung infection that causes difficulty breathing, fever, cough and fatigue. These quality measures show some of the recommended treatments for pneumonia. Click here for more information about pneumonia. (Source: hospitalcompare.hhs.gov)

Information current through September 8, 2008 Pneumonia US Average TN Average FSS Percent of Pneumonia Patients Given Oxygenation Assessment 99% 99% 100% of 231 patients Percent of Pneumonia Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination 78% 81% 96% of 141 patients Percent of Pneumonia Patients Whose Initial Emergency Room Blood Culture Was Performed Prior To The Administration Of The First Hospital Dose Of Antibiotics 90% 92% 91% of 193 patients Percent of Pneumonia Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling 85% 92% 98% of 65 patients Percent of Pneumonia Patients Given Initial Antibiotic(s) within 6 Hours After Arrival 93% 94% 96% of 138 patients Percent of Pneumonia Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s) 87% 86% 93% of 163 patients Percent of Pneumonia Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination 75% 78% 89% of 44 patients