COMPLICATIONS AT ST VINCENT MERCY HOSPITAL

Critical Access Hospital in Elwood, IN 46036

Complications

ST VINCENT MERCY HOSPITAL
1331 S A St Elwood, IN 46036
Phone: (765) 552-4743

The complication measures at St Vincent Mercy Hospital 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.

MeasureHospital AverageHow this Hospital Compares
Complications for hip/knee replacement patientsNot Available Measure: Complications for hip/knee replacement patients
Sample data was collected between 04/01/2011 and 03/31/2014
Number of Cases Too Small

Percentage of complications for hip/knee replacement patients, some of the complications include: heart attack, infection, pneumonia, serious blood clots, wounds that split open or bleed after surgery, replacement hip/knee joints that don't work, etc. Higher rates of these serious complications might be a sign of lesser quality hospital care. [1]

Footnotes:
  • [1] The number of cases/patients is too few to report.