Blood clots in the veins and infections are two potential complications from surgery. Hospitals can reduce the risk of wound infection after surgery by making sure patients get the right medicines at the right time on the day of surgery. Hospitals can reduce the risk of blood clots by making sure that patients get preventive treatments.
The measures below show how often hospitals provided the recommended care to prevent complications from surgery.
Pneumonia is a serious lung infection that causes difficulty breathing, fever, cough and fatigue.
The recommended care rates at the link below show how often hospitals provided the recommended care for pneumonia patients.
The links below provide information on the rates of patients receiving recommended pneumonia care, hospital readmission rates for pneumonia patients, and mortality rates for patients hospitalized for pneumonia.
A heart attack (also called an acute myocardial infarction or AMI) happens when arteries leading to the heart become blocked and the blood supply is slowed or stopped.
The links below provide information on the rates of patients receiving recommended heart attack care, hospital readmission rates for heart attack patients, and mortality rates for patients hospitalized for heart attack.
Vermont law requires hospitals to publish annual reports containing information about quality of care, hospital infection rates, patient safety, nurse staffing levels, financial health, costs for services, and other hospital characteristics. The law also requires the Department of Banking, Insurance, Securities and Health Care Administration to publish some of that same information in a comparative format on this website.
Vermont law requires hospitals to publish annual reports containing information about quality of care, hospital infection rates, patient safety, nurse staffing levels, financial health, costs for services, and other hospital characteristics. The law also requires the Department of Banking, Insurance, Securities and Health Care Administration to publish some of that same information in a comparative format on this website.
Note: This is an archived report site. External links in archived sites are not maintained for currency,
and the data is current only for the year of the report.
Note: This is an archived report site. External links in archived sites are not maintained for currency, and the data is current only for the year of the report.
Note: This is an archived report site. External links in archived sites are not maintained for currency,
and the data is current only for the year of the report.
Note: This is an archived report site. External links in archived sites are not maintained for currency,
and the data is current only for the year of the report.
