Meriter Hospital
Demographic Information

202 S. Park St.
Madison, WI  53715
608-417-6000
http://www.meriter.com
Services: Adult Intensive Care, Alcohol/Chemical Dependency, Cardiovascular, Emergency, Gynecology, Hospice/Palliative Care, Neonatal Intensive Care, Neurology, Obstetrics, Oncology, Orthopedics, Pediatrics, Psychiatry, Pulmonary, Rehabilitation/Physical Medicine, Trauma, Urology/Nephrology
Discharges/Yr: 17663
Population: Urban
Staffed Beds: 335
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 8 Feb 2010 6:34 PM

Medical Services

Measurement data are from 4/1/2008—3/31/2009
Heart Attack Hosp.
Score
State
Benchmark
State
Average
National
Average
Aspirin at arrival (%) 98 100 98 98
Aspirin at discharge (%) 99 100 98 98
Beta-blocker at arrival (%) 94 100 95 95
Beta-blocker at discharge (%) 98 100 98 98
ACEI for LVSD (%) 100 100 95 94
Smoking Cessation Counseling (%) 100 100 98 99
PCI <90 min 88 100 87 83
Throm Med <30 min 33 54
Heart Attack Index (%) 92 98 93
Heart Failure Hosp.
Score
State
Benchmark
State
Average
National
Average
LVF assessment (%) 99 100 96 97
ACEI for LVSD (%) 91 100 94 93
Smoking Cessation Counseling (%) 98 100 95 98
Discharge Instructions (%) 84 96 81 85
Heart Failure Index (%) 84 94 80
Pneumonia Hosp.
Score
State
Benchmark
State
Average
National
Average
Pneumococcal vaccination (%) 86 98 91 90
Smoking Cessation Counseling (%) 94 100 93 97
Less than 6 hours to antibiotics (%) 94 100 96 94
Approp Anbtc 95 99 92 90
Blood Culture Collected 89 99 95 94
Flu vaccine 76 98 89 89
Pneumonia Index (%) 75 93 82

Error Prevention

Measurement data are from 1/1/2009—6/30/2009
National Safety Goals Hosp.
Score
State
Benchmark
State
Average
 
Site marking (%) 97 100 98  
Procedure verification (%) 95 100 99  
Medication abbreviations (%) 100 100 99  
Medication reconcilliation (%) 96 99 89  

Surgical Infection Prevention

Measurement data are from 4/1/2008—3/31/2009
Colon Surgery Hosp.
Score
State
Benchmark
National
Average
Start Antibiotics (%) 85 98 89
Appropriate Antibiotics (%) 91 97 85
Stop Antibiotics (%) 85 94 81
Hip Surgery Hosp.
Score
State
Benchmark
National
Average
Start Antibiotics (%) 94 100 94
Appropriate Antibiotics (%) 100 100 99
Stop Antibiotics (%) 94 100 91
Hysterectomy Hosp.
Score
State
Benchmark
National
Average
Start Antibiotics (%) 95 100 95
Appropriate Antibiotics (%) 100 100 97
Stop Antibiotics (%) 100 100 93
Knee Surgery Hosp.
Score
State
Benchmark
National
Average
Start Antibiotics (%) 97 100 96
Appropriate Antibiotics (%) 100 100 99
Stop Antibiotics (%) 99 100 92
Other Cardiac Hosp.
Score
State
Benchmark
National
Average
Start Antibiotics (%) 100 100 95
Appropriate Antibiotics (%) 100 100 99
Stop Antibiotics (%) 98 100 94
Vascular Surgery Hosp.
Score
State
Benchmark
National
Average
Start Antibiotics (%) + 100 92
Appropriate Antibiotics (%) + 100 97
Stop Antibiotics (%) + 100 84
CABG Hosp.
Score
State
Benchmark
National
Average
Start Antibiotics (%) 95 100 95
Appropriate Antibiotics (%) 100 100 99
Stop Antibiotics (%) 96 100 94
Index Hosp.
Score
State
Benchmark
State
Average
Surgical Infection Prevention index (%) 87 93 82

 Deaths data (2007)
Deaths due to IllnessExperienceNat'l Avg(%)State Avg(%)
Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) mortality rateAs Expected8.856.63
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 rateAs Expected6.063.70
Deaths During a ProcedureExperienceNat'l Avg(%)State Avg(%)
AAA repair mortality rateAs Expected7.275.94
CABG mortality rateAs Expected3.372.05
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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