Appleton Medical Center
Demographic Information

1818 North Meade Street
Appleton, WI  54911
920-731-4101
http://www.thedacare.org
Services: Adult Intensive Care, Cardiovascular, Emergency, Oncology, Obstetrics, Hospice/Palliative Care, Gynecology, Orthopedics, Pediatrics, Pulmonary, Urology/Nephrology
Discharges/Yr: 7852
Population: Suburban
Staffed Beds: 150
KEY
-- No data collected at this time or no cases met criteria. [MORE INFO]
+ Data collected, but not enough cases to be representative of care provided in this reporting period. As CheckPoint adds data, more hospitals will report this measure. [MORE INFO]

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State Benchmark - The 90th percentile of Wisconsin hospitals reporting each measure.
State Average - The average of Wisconsin hospitals reporting each measure.
National Average - The average of hospitals in the U.S. accredited by The Joint Commission
Report generated 10 Sep 2010 10:36 AM

Medical Services

Measurement data are from 10/1/2008—9/30/2009
Heart Attack Hosp.
Score
State
Benchmark
State
Average
National
Average
Aspirin at arrival (%) 97 100 99 98
Aspirin at discharge (%) 100 100 99 98
Beta-blocker at discharge (%) 99 100 99 98
ACEI for LVSD (%) 95 100 95 95
Smoking Cessation Counseling (%) 100 100 99 99
PCI <90 min 100 98 88 86
Throm Med <30 min 33 55
Heart Attack Index (%) 95 98 94
Heart Failure Hosp.
Score
State
Benchmark
State
Average
National
Average
LVF assessment (%) 99 100 97 98
ACEI for LVSD (%) 95 100 94 94
Smoking Cessation Counseling (%) 96 100 96 98
Discharge Instructions (%) 90 95 83 87
Heart Failure Index (%) 89 94 82
Pneumonia Hosp.
Score
State
Benchmark
State
Average
National
Average
Pneumococcal vaccination (%) 92 99 92 92
Smoking Cessation Counseling (%) 88 100 94 97
Less than 6 hours to antibiotics (%) 98 100 97 94
Approp Anbtc 92 97 93 91
Blood Culture Collected 98 100 95 95
Flu vaccine 90 98 89 89
Pneumonia Index (%) 86 94 84

Error Prevention

Measurement data are from 7/1/2009—12/31/2009
National Safety Goals Hosp.
Score
State
Benchmark
State
Average
 
Site marking (%) 99 100 99  
Procedure verification (%) 99 100 99  
Medication abbreviations (%) 100 100 99  
Medication reconcilliation (%) 100 100 89  

Surgical Infection Prevention

Measurement data are from 10/1/2008—9/30/2009
Colon Surgery Hosp.
Score
State
Benchmark
National
Average
Start Antibiotics (%) 92 100 91
Appropriate Antibiotics (%) 96 100 87
Stop Antibiotics (%) 96 93 83
Hip Surgery Hosp.
Score
State
Benchmark
National
Average
Start Antibiotics (%) 97 100 96
Appropriate Antibiotics (%) 100 100 99
Stop Antibiotics (%) 92 100 93
Hysterectomy Hosp.
Score
State
Benchmark
National
Average
Start Antibiotics (%) 100 100 96
Appropriate Antibiotics (%) 98 100 97
Stop Antibiotics (%) 98 100 94
Knee Surgery Hosp.
Score
State
Benchmark
National
Average
Start Antibiotics (%) 98 100 97
Appropriate Antibiotics (%) 100 100 99
Stop Antibiotics (%) 94 100 94
Other Cardiac Hosp.
Score
State
Benchmark
National
Average
Start Antibiotics (%) 95 100 96
Appropriate Antibiotics (%) 100 100 100
Stop Antibiotics (%) 87 100 94
Vascular Surgery Hosp.
Score
State
Benchmark
National
Average
Start Antibiotics (%) 96 100 94
Appropriate Antibiotics (%) 96 100 98
Stop Antibiotics (%) 95 100 87
CABG Hosp.
Score
State
Benchmark
National
Average
Start Antibiotics (%) 95 100 97
Appropriate Antibiotics (%) 100 100 99
Stop Antibiotics (%) 94 100 95
Index Hosp.
Score
State
Benchmark
State
Average
Surgical Infection Prevention index (%) 87 94 85

 Deaths data (2007)
Deaths due to IllnessExperienceNat'l Avg(%)State Avg(%)
Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) mortality rateBetter8.856.63
Acute stroke mortality rateAs Expected11.209.55
AMI mortality rate - without transfersAs Expected9.737.40
Congestive heart failure (CHF) mortality rateBetter4.362.68
Gastrointestinal (GI) hemorrhage mortality rateAs Expected2.971.72
Hip fracture mortality rateAs Expected3.142.11
Pneumonia mortality rateBetter6.063.70
Deaths During a ProcedureExperienceNat'l Avg(%)State Avg(%)
AAA repair mortality rateAs Expected7.275.94
CABG mortality rateBetter3.372.05
CEA mortality rateAs Expected0.670.31
Craniotomy mortality rate+7.115.18
Esophageal resection mortality rate+8.592.96
Hip replacement mortality rateAs Expected0.270.13
Pancreatic resection mortality rate+6.092.59
PTCA mortality rateAs Expected1.311.05


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