Quality

St. Mary’s provides exceptional care for patients most at risk due to compromised immune systems, such as cancer patients. St. Mary’s scored in the top 10 percent of hospitals nationwide in treating pneumonia. 

Based on critical standards of care measured by the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the agency that scores health care quality care in the nation’s hospitals, St. Mary’s ranks in the top 10 percent of hospitals. One key standard is pneumonia care.

St. Mary’s Ranks High in Pneumonia Care

Compliance with best practices:

• Influenza vaccine given
• Pneumonia vaccine given
• Antibiotic given within 4 hours
• Oxygenation assessed
• Smoking cessation advice given
• Appropriate antibiotic given
• Blood culture performed prior to antibiotic

St. Mary’s Cancer practice is under constant evaluation by our patients and families who are asked to complete Press-Ganey satisfaction surveys just a few days after they return home. Both the Inpatient and Outpatient clinical areas score in the top 15% of hospitals nationally every month.