Pneumonia Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination

What Does This Measure?

The percentage of eligible pneumonia patients who received screening for and/or vaccination against pneumonia.

Why Is This Important?

The pneumococcal vaccine may help lower the risk of complications for pneumonia caused by bacteria, as well as prevent future cases. Patients with pneumonia should be given the vaccine if they have not been vaccinated recently.

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
• Computerized physician order entry (CPOE)
• Electronic medical records (EMR)
• Nursing and physician education
• Patient safety and clinical quality committees
• Pneumonia-specific patient education information
• Patient advocacy and support groups
• HealthView patient portal

More Information

• See more pneumonia quality measures
• See all performance measures
• Compare Duke to other North Carolina hospitals at NC Hospital Quality Report
• Compare Duke to regional and national hospitals at Hospital Quality Alliance's Hospital Compare