Preventive Care
The goal of the Preventive Care Core Measures is to use clinical information to recognize patients who should receive reminders or treatments for preventive care and send these patients the reminders, per patient preference.
The chart below shows Parkland's particular preventive action of administering the influenza vaccine for both patients and staff.
|
Preferred Direction |
Parkland |
State Avg. |
National Avg. |
CMS Core Measure - Preventive Care
1st measure: October 2017 - March 2018
2nd measure: October 2021 - March 2022
|
Patients assessed and given influenza vaccination |
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95% |
93% |
93% |
Healthcare workers given influenza vaccination |
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97% |
78% |
81% |
The descriptions of these core measures have been modified from what is available on Hospital Compare for better understanding.
Updated 7/31/24