BRIDGTON HOSPITAL (BRIDGTON, ME) Detailed Hospital Profile

Process of Care

Heart Failure

Percent of patients who were given an evaluation of Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)

This Hospital:	100.0%
Maine:	99.5%

Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions

Here:	97.0%
State:	95.1%

Pneumonia

Percent of Patients Given Initial Antibiotic(s) within 6 Hours After Arrival

This Hospital:	99.0%
State:	97.9%

Percent of Patients Whose Initial ER Blood Culture Was Performed Prior To Administration Of First Dose Of Antibiotics

Here:	98.0%
Maine:	96.8%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

This Hospital:	100.0%
Maine:	98.3%

Percent of Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)

Here:	100.0%
State:	96.3%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	95.6%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination

This Hospital:	98.0%
Maine:	97.6%

Surgery

Percent of Surgery Patients needing hair removed from the surgical area before surgery who had hair removed using a safer method

Here:	100.0%
Maine:	100.0%

Patients having surgery who were actively warmed in the operating room or whose body temperature was near normal

Here:	100.0%
Maine:	99.8%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure

Here:	12.6%
Maine:	11.7%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia

This Hospital:	10.0%
Maine:	11.9%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure

Here:	24.8%
State:	23.8%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia

This Hospital:	17.6%
Maine:	17.9%

Use of Medical Imaging

Outpatients with low back pain who had an MRI without trying recommended treatments first, such as physical therapy.

This Hospital:	48.600%
State:	38.723%

Outpatients who had a follow-up mammogram or ultrasound within 45 days after a screening mammogram.

Here:	5.400%
Maine:	7.557%

Outpatient CT scans of the abdomen that were combination (double) scans.

Here:	0.034%
Maine:	0.075%

Outpatient CT scans of the chest that were combination (double) scans.

Here:	0.005%
State:	0.019%

Outpatients who got cardiac imaging stress tests before low-risk outpatient surgery

Here:	4.300%
State:	5.252%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys:: Between 100 and 299
Survey Response Rate: 31%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

Here:	2%
Maine:	3%

Usually

This Hospital:	14%
Maine:	16%

Always

This Hospital:	84%
Maine:	81%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

Here:	3%
Maine:	4%

Usually

This Hospital:	11%
State:	13%

Always

Here:	86%
State:	83%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never

Here:	5%
State:	7%

Usually

This Hospital:	26%
Maine:	22%

Always

Here:	69%
Maine:	71%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	6%
Maine:	5%

Usually

This Hospital:	21%
Maine:	22%

Always

Here:	73%
State:	73%

How often did staff explain about medicines before giving them to patients?

Sometimes or never

Here:	10%
State:	16%

Usually

Here:	21%
State:	18%

Always

This Hospital:	69%
Maine:	66%

How often were the patients' rooms and bathrooms kept clean?

Sometimes or never

Here:	4%
State:	5%

Usually

This Hospital:	18%
State:	17%

Always

Here:	78%
Maine:	78%

How often was the area around patients' rooms kept quiet at night?

Sometimes or never

Here:	7%
Maine:	10%

Usually

This Hospital:	29%
Maine:	31%

Always

Here:	64%
Maine:	59%

Were patients given information about what to do during their recovery at home?

Yes

Here:	90%
State:	86%

Here:	10%
Maine:	14%

How do patients rate the hospital overall on a scale from 0 (lowest) to 10 (highest)?

6 or lower

This Hospital:	6%
Maine:	6%

7 or 8

Here:	18%
Maine:	20%

9 or 10

This Hospital:	76%
State:	74%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

Here:	3%
Maine:	3%

Yes, probably

Here:	18%
Maine:	21%

Yes, definitely

Here:	79%
Maine:	76%

BRIDGTON HOSPITAL - BRIDGTON, ME

Process of Care

Heart Failure

Pneumonia

Surgery

Outcome of Care

Use of Medical Imaging

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

User Contributions:

Comment about this article, ask questions, or add new information about this topic: