| Quality Report Card |
Health Promotion
MultiCare is committed to helping our patients stay healthy and prevent disease. More information on staying healthy can be found at AHRQ.gov with recommendations for all adults, children, women, and men.
In this Section
- Cancer Detection
- Chlamydia Screening
- Heart Disease & Stroke Prevention
- Immunization
- Childhood Immunizations
- Pneumococcal vaccination for patients age 65 and over
- Influenza vaccination for patients age 65 and over
- Smoking Cessation Treatment or Counseling
Cancer Detection
Breast Cancer Screening
For women 52 - 69, having regular mammograms is the single most important way to detect breast cancer. Early detection has been shown to reduce deaths from breast cancer by up to 35%.
How is breast cancer found? (American Cancer Society)
Mammogram in the last two years for women age 52 - 69.
Cervical Cancer Screening
Screening for cervical cancer with Pap smears detects cancer early, allowing for early treatment and helping to prevent deaths from the disease.
Cervical Cancer Prevention and early detection (American Cancer Society.)
Pap smear, done within the last three years for women age 21 - 64.
Chlamydia Screening
The percentage of women 16 - 25 who were identified as sexually active and who had at least one test for chlamydia during the measurement year.
Heart Disease & Stroke Prevention
Cardiovascular disease, such as heart attacks and strokes, are leading causes of death and disability for both men and women in the United States. Although some risk factors, such as getting older and family genetics, can't be changed, there are many causes that are in our control and ways that we can reduce our risk for having serious illness. MultiCare wants you to learn more about these risk factors and what you can do to keep yourself healthy.
Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention
Lipid Screening in Men Over Age 35 and Women Over Age 45
One important way of decreasing your risk for heart disease and strokes is to have your cholesterol level measured at least every 5 years, and discuss the results with your doctor. A Lipid Profile measures the level of various kinds of cholesterol in your blood. The website below offers good explanations about healthy levels of lipids, and what you can do to lower those levels with and without medications.
More info: www.nhlbi.nih.gov/chd/
Lipid profile in last 5 years (in patients with at least two primary care visits in the last year.)
Healthy People 2010 is a program of the US Government.
Immunizations
Childhood Immunizations
A complete set of immunizations is recommended to insure children are protected from common illnesses, some which can be severe or life-threatening. By age 2, children should have completed a basic set of vaccinations. You will find more information, including immunization schedules, and percentage of recommended immunizations given by age 2, here.
Percentage of recommended immunizations received by age 2, excluding declined and children not in practice since 6 months of age.
Pneumococcal vaccination for patients age 65 and over
For older adults, being protected from pneumococcal disease is important to decrease the risk of suffering or dying from pneumonia or meningitis. This vaccine is recommended for all adults over age 64, and for children and adults ages 2 to 64 with various high risk conditions, such as diabetes or heart disease. Pneumococcal immunization was a focus for quality improvement in MultiCare during 2007. The graph below displays patients 65 and over who have received one documented pneumococcal vaccine. Data on the other age groups will be displayed at a later date.
More info: http://www.vaccineinformation.org/pneumchild/qandadis.asp
Influenza vaccination for patients age 65 and over
A flu vaccination each year during flu season (October to March) is recommended for all children ages 6 months to 5 years and adults 50 and over. Individuals over the age of 65 are at especially high risk for serious complications from the flu. The graph below displays the influenza immunization rate for these high risk patients 65 and over.
More info: http://familydoctor.org/online/famdocen/home/healthy/vaccines/477.html
Smoking Cessation
Tobacco Cessation Treatment or Counseling
More than 430,000 people die each year from tobacco-related diseases. Tobacco use, especially smoking, is the number-one preventable cause of death and disease in the United States. Smoking cessation counseling can help you increase your chances of success when you decide to quit.
Tobacco counseling or tobacco counseling treatment for active smokers in last 12 months.
Click here for more information about how to stop smoking.
* National data provided by National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA)