COMPLICATIONS AT ALLIANCE HEALTH CENTER
Acute Care Hospital in Meridian, MS 39301
Complications
ALLIANCE HEALTH CENTER
5000 Highway 39 North Meridian, MS 39301
Phone: (601) 483-6211
The complication measures at Alliance Health Center provide information about the medical problems some inpatients might experience while admitted in the hospital. Admitted patients sometimes get other injuries, conditions or complications that may be life threatening. When hospitals follow best practices for treating patients, serious complications are often prevented.
The complication measures evaluate serious events such as healthcare-associated infections (HAI) and complications after certain surgical procedures.
Surgical Complications
The measures for surgical complications provide information about the problems developed by patients after having certain surgical procedures and how often those patients that were admitted with certain conditions died while they were in the hospital. These surgical complications can often be prevented if hospitals follow procedures based on best practices and scientific evidence.
Measure | Hospital Average | How this Hospital Compares |
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Serious complications | 0.80% Measure: Serious complications Sample data was collected between 07/01/2012 and 06/30/2014 | No different than the National Rate of 0.81% A higher percentage of serious but potentially preventable, complications might be a sign of lesser quality hospital care. Hospitals could reduce the chance of serious complications by following safe care practices |
Collapsed lung due to medical treatment | 0.38% Measure: Collapsed lung due to medical treatment Sample data was collected between 07/01/2012 and 06/30/2014 | No different than the National Rate of 0.39% Cases of collapsed lung that results from medical treatment (Iatrogenic pneumothorax, adult). |
Accidental cuts from medical treatment | 1.78% Measure: Accidental cuts from medical treatment Sample data was collected between 07/01/2012 and 06/30/2014 | No different than the National Rate of 1.81% This measure refers to accidental cuts and tears from medical treatment (accidental puncture or laceration). |
Healthcare Associated Infections
The healthcare-associated infections (HAI) measures provide information on infections that happen while the patient is in the hospital. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) collects this information and encourages hospitals to use CDC-recommended infection control steps to prevent healthcare-associated infections.
Measure | Hospital Average | How this Hospital Compares |
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MRSA Infections | 0.000 Measure: MRSA Infections Sample data was collected between 04/01/2014 and 03/31/2015 | No Different than National Benchmark of 1 Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) Blood Laboratory-identified Events (Bloodstream infections) A lower number is better better. A score of ZERO in MRSA is best. |
Intestinal infections | 0.000 Measure: Intestinal infections Sample data was collected between 04/01/2014 and 03/31/2015 | Better than the National Benchmark of 1 Clostridium difficile (C.diff.) Laboratory-identified Events (Intestinal infections) A lower number is better better. A score of zero is best. |
- [8] The lower limit of the confidence interval cannot be calculated if the number of observed infections equals zero.