Quality at Vidant Bertie Hospital
We are committed to providing patients a safe and harm-free environment. Providing optimal care every time is our goal, we measure and report how consistent we are in meeting this standard. Optimal care data is based on national standards that measure whether patients receive all recommended treatments for certain conditions. Our hospital measures optimal care performance in the following clinical areas: heart failure, heart attack, community-acquired pneumonia and surgical care.
Select each optimal care standard below to see how we compare to hospitals, nationally and statewide. More recent data is also provided for each standard.
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Patients should receive the following treatments:
- Appropriate medication when admitted to the hospital
- Be evaluated for how well their hearts are functioning
- Appropriate instructions and education when they leave the hospital
- Be counseled and encouraged to stop smoking when they leave the hospital
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Patients with pneumonia should receive:
- An examination and a pneumonia vaccination
- An influenza vaccination
- Initial antibiotic selection
- An antibiotic within 6 hours
- Be counseled and encouraged to stop smoking
- An initial blood culture done in the emergency room before they receive their first hospital dose of antibiotics