SC Portland Outcomes Report 2023

SURGICAL SITE INFECTIONS Surgical site infections (SSIs) are associated with increased morbidity and mortality, poorer patient quality of life, and higher cost of medical care. Shriners Children’s Portland is committed to delivering care that meets and outperforms industry benchmarks around SSIs. In all wound clean-class 1 (non-contaminated) cases, the hospital performs well-below the literature benchmark of 1.8%. Note: These rates include spinal fusion cases (both idiopathic and non-idiopathic)

Surgical Site Infections: All Clean Class 1 Cases

Surgical Site Infections: Spinal Fusion (Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis)

3

3

<2.6% Literature Benchmark

2

2

<1.8% Literature Benchmark

1

1

0.5% 0.7%

0.4%

2023 0.0%

2021 0.0%

2022 0.0%

0

0

2021

2022

2023

Benchmark source: Ortega G, Rhee DS, Papandria DJ, Yang J, Ibrahim AM, Shore AD, Makary MA, Abdullah F. (2021, May 1). An evaluation of surgical site infections by wound classification system using the ACS-NSQIP. The Journal of Surgical Research.

UNPLANNED READMISSIONS 30-day hospital readmission rates have become a key measure of healthcare quality. Not only do readmissions disrupt the lives of patients and their families, they are costly and expose patients to further risks from hospitalization. Shriners Children’s Portland is proud to report an average unplanned 30-day readmission rate of 3.3% for the past three years. This compares to a literature mean rate of 11.3% for children’s hospitals.*

30-Day Readmission Rate

*Data Source: Katherine A. Auger, MD; Ronald J. Teufel, II, MD; J. Mitchell Harris, II, PhD . . . Samir S. Shah, MD. (2017, February 1). Children’s Hospital Characteristics and Readmission Metrics. American Academy of Pediatrics, 139 (2).

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