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Slickcraft · 07-19-2012, 12:47 PM

winnipiseogee: Clearly you are an advocate for LRGH which is fine.

Actually:
LRGH rated below average on avoiding readmission
Heart-attack patients have a 20% chance of being readmitted to the hospital within 30 days.
Heart-failure patients have a 26% chance of being readmitted to the hospital within 30 days.
Pneumonia patients have a 18% chance of being readmitted to the hospital within 30 days.

and below average on avoiding mortality.

Avoiding surgical-site infections was only average.

The communications on drug information was much worse than average.

Sure LRGH rated well in many areas and the problem areas are shared by many other hospitals. What I would look for is LRGH to admit that there is considerable room for improvement and that they have a real commitment to improvement. Stating that the status quo is pretty good and leaving it at that is not acceptable IMHO.

07-19-2012, 12:47 PM	#27
Slickcraft Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Welch Island and The Taylor Community Posts: 3,387 Thanks: 1,260 Thanked 2,148 Times in 983 Posts	winnipiseogee: Clearly you are an advocate for LRGH which is fine. Actually: LRGH rated below average on avoiding readmission Heart-attack patients have a 20% chance of being readmitted to the hospital within 30 days. Heart-failure patients have a 26% chance of being readmitted to the hospital within 30 days. Pneumonia patients have a 18% chance of being readmitted to the hospital within 30 days. and below average on avoiding mortality. Avoiding surgical-site infections was only average. The communications on drug information was much worse than average. Sure LRGH rated well in many areas and the problem areas are shared by many other hospitals. What I would look for is LRGH to admit that there is considerable room for improvement and that they have a real commitment to improvement. Stating that the status quo is pretty good and leaving it at that is not acceptable IMHO.