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Pneumonia Patients Given Oxygenation Assessment
What Does This Measure?
Percentage of pneumonia patients who had the level of oxygen in their blood assessed within 24 hours of hospital arrival.
Why Is This Important?
Pneumonia can lower the oxygen levels in your blood. It is important that the amount of oxygen in your blood be measured within 24 hours of arriving at the hospital to see if you need oxygen therapy. The assessment may include an arterial blood gas (ABG) or pulse oximetry.
What Are We Doing to Improve Our Performance?
Duke has enacted several initiatives to improve our performance. These include:
- Evidence-based medicine
- Standardized order sets
- Patient rounding
- Computerized physician order entry (CPOE)
- Six Sigma and DMAIC (define, measure, analyze, improve, and control process) methodologies
- Nursing and physician education (especially Emergency Department)
- Pneumonia-specific patient education information
- Patient safety and clinical quality committees
- Patient advocacy and support groups
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Published: 03/17/2008Updated: 06/19/2008
URL: http://www.dukehealth.org/AboutDuke/quality/performance_measures/pneumonia/oxygenation
