Pneumonia
- Following evidence-based medicine guidelines in providing care
- Tracking our performance and constantly working to improve on pneumonia quality measures correlated with better health outcomes
- Holding regular system-wide quality meetings so hospital leaders can share best practices related to patient care, including pneumonia care
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- Scripps Green Hospital
- Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas
- Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla
- Scripps Mercy Hospital Chula Vista
- Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego
Hospital quality measures we provide on this site include:
- Percent of Pneumonia Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination
- Percent of Patients Whose Initial Emergency Room Blood Culture was Performed Prior to Administration of the First Hospital Dose of Antibiotics
- Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
- Antibiotics Given within 6 Hours
- Percent of Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotics
- Percent of Pneumonia Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination
About pneumonia
Pneumonia is a serious lung infection that causes difficulty with breathing, fever, cough and fatigue. Read more.