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 PWMC Percent of Pneumonia Patients Given Oxygenation Assessment 99% 99% 99% of 344 patients Percent of Pneumonia Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination 78% 81% 80% of 299 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% 88% of 280 patients Percent of Pneumonia Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling 85% 92% 95% of 117 patients Percent of Pneumonia Patients Given Initial Antibiotic(s) within 6 Hours After Arrival 93% 94% 94% of 195 patients Percent of Pneumonia Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s) 87% 86% 88% of 249 patients Percent of Pneumonia Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination 75% 78% 74% of 121 patients