Legacy Meridian Park Medical Center

Mortality

Death rates for conditions like heart attack and pneumonia

Safety of care

Infections and complications

Readmission

Patients who return to the hospital after discharge

Infections

• Central line bloodstream infectionsRatio of observed to predicted infections. Below 1 is fewer than predicted0.53Same as the national rate
• Catheter-associated urinary tract infectionsObserved to predicted ratio1.18Same as the national rate
• Surgical site infections after colon surgeryObserved to predicted ratio1.07Same as the national rate
• MRSA bloodstream infectionsObserved to predicted ratio1.97Same as the national rate
• C. diff intestinal infectionsObserved to predicted ratio0.74Same as the national rate

Complications

• Serious complications (PSI 90)Composite of patient safety indicators. Below 1 is better0.94Same as the national rate
• Complications after hip or knee replacementPercent of patients. Median U.S. hospital: 4.1%3.9%

Readmissions

• Readmissions after a heart attackWithin 30 days. Median U.S. hospital: 14.4%13.9%
• Readmissions after heart failureWithin 30 days. Median U.S. hospital: 21.3%20.3%
• Readmissions after pneumoniaWithin 30 days. Median U.S. hospital: 17.2%16.4%
• Readmissions after COPDWithin 30 days. Median U.S. hospital: 19.8%19.5%
• Readmissions after hip or knee replacementWithin 30 days. Median U.S. hospital: 5.8%5.6%

Death rates

• Hospital-wide deathsWithin 30 days of admission, percent of patients. Median U.S. hospital: 3.9%3.5%
• Deaths after a heart attackWithin 30 days. Median U.S. hospital: 11.8%13.6%
• Deaths after heart failureWithin 30 days. Median U.S. hospital: 11.0%11.2%
• Deaths after pneumoniaWithin 30 days. Median U.S. hospital: 15.2%15.7%
• Deaths after COPDWithin 30 days. Median U.S. hospital: 8.5%9.6%
• Deaths after a strokeWithin 30 days. Median U.S. hospital: 11.6%9.2%