MERCY HOSPITAL

Mercy Hospital is a critical access hospital located in Moose Lake, MN 55767 that serves the Carlton county area. This facility is a public hospital with emergency services.

We have identified the following individual quality measures where Mercy Hospital has better average ratings than other hospitals in Minnesota or where the hospital is performing better compared to national averages or benchmarks.

• Excellent Doctor Communication Rating Excellent Doctor Communication Rating
  The provider's patient survey rating score for the quality measure doctor communication is excellent.
• Better performance with the effective use of abdomen CT use of contrast material Better performance with the effective use of abdomen CT use of contrast material
  The provider's use of abdomen CT use of contrast material is better and more effective compared to the average hospital rate in the state of MN.
• Better performance with the effective use of thorax CT use of contrast material Better performance with the effective use of thorax CT use of contrast material
  The provider's use of thorax CT use of contrast material is better and more effective compared to the average hospital rate in the state of MN.
• Emergency Department: better performance with time before admission Emergency Department: better performance with time before admission
  The provider's Emergency Department performance of 190 minutes for time before admission is better than the statewide average of 209 minutes in Minnesota.
• Emergency Department: better performance with transfer time Emergency Department: better performance with transfer time
  The provider's Emergency Department performance of 44 minutes for transfer time is better than the statewide average of 65 minutes in Minnesota.
• Preventive Care: better performance with patients flu immunization Preventive Care: better performance with patients flu immunization
  The provider's Preventive Care performance score of 92% for the quality measure patients flu immunization is better than the 91% average score of Minnesota.
• Emergency Department: better performance with discharge time Emergency Department: better performance with discharge time
  The provider's Emergency Department performance of 83 minutes for discharge time is better than the statewide average of 111 minutes in Minnesota.
• Heart Attack or Chest Pain: better performance with aspirin at arrival Heart Attack or Chest Pain: better performance with aspirin at arrival
  The provider's Heart Attack or Chest Pain performance score of 100% for the quality measure aspirin at arrival is better than the 97% average score of Minnesota.
• Heart Attack or Chest Pain: better performance with time to ecg Heart Attack or Chest Pain: better performance with time to ecg
  The provider's Heart Attack or Chest Pain performance of 2 minutes for time to ecg is better than the statewide average of 8 minutes in Minnesota.
• Pneumonia: better performance with pneumonia patients given antibiotic(s) Pneumonia: better performance with pneumonia patients given antibiotic(s)
  The provider's Pneumonia performance score of 100% for the quality measure pneumonia patients given antibiotic(s) is better than the 95% average score of Minnesota.
• Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with antibiotic within 1 hour Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with antibiotic within 1 hour
  The provider's Surgical Care Improvement Project performance score of 100% for the quality measure antibiotic within 1 hour is better than the 98% average score of Minnesota.
• Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with antibiotic selection Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with antibiotic selection
  The provider's Surgical Care Improvement Project performance score of 100% for the quality measure antibiotic selection is better than the 99% average score of Minnesota.
• Stroke Care: better performance with assessed for rehabilitation Stroke Care: better performance with assessed for rehabilitation
  The provider's Stroke Care performance score of 100% for the quality measure assessed for rehabilitation is better than the 99% average score of Minnesota.