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Recognized by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement as the  first Mentor Hospital in the State of Vermont.

The categories of hospital information listed on this page collectively form the comprehensive "Hospital Report Card." You can access all the categories of information from the links below.   

The links for the quality of care and patient satisfaction information will take you to the website of the Vermont Department of Banking, Insurance, Securities and Health Care Administration (BISHCA).  There, you will find information about our hospital's performance, and also information about the performance of other community hospitals in Vermont.  BISHCA's website also includes the financial data for all Vermont community hospitals. 

The links for the other Hospital Report Card categories listed below will take you to the corresponding information posted on our own website.

QUALITY OF CARE 

 

COMPARE QUALITY OF CARE FOR ALL VERMONT HOSPITALS on BISHCA's Hospital Report Card  website.

What you'll find there:
See how Porter Medical Center scored on  more than 30 indicators of quality of hospital care, including these sub-categories:

  Heart attack care
  Heart failure care
  Pneumonia care
  Infection reporting: 
   (A) Surgical infection prevention
   (B) Surgical site infection rates - total abdominal hysterectomy
   (C) Central line associated bloodstream infection prevention
   (D) Central line associated bloodstream infection rates
   (E)  Preventing infections from drug resistant organisms
  Nurse staffing
  Volume and mortality for selected procedures
Heart Attack Care

Selected procedures include: Esophageal Resection, Pancreatic Resection, Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair (AAA), Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG), Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty (PTCA), Pediatric Heart Surgery, and Carotid Endarterectomy.

  QUALITY IMPROVEMENT INITIATIVES

 

READ ABOUT QUALITY IMPROVEMENT INITIATIVES  on Porter Medical Center's website
What you'll find there:
What Porter Medical Center has done to make patient care safer and more effective, including these sub-categories:

  • Quality improvement and patient safety projects
  • Quality improvement contact information

  PATIENT SATISFACTION 

 

COMPARE PATIENT  SATISFACTION FOR ALL VERMONT HOSPITALS on BISHCA's Hospital Report Card website.

What you'll find there:
How Porter Medical Center's  patients rated their hospital experiences.

HOSPITAL PRICING

 

COMPARE PRICING FOR  ALL VERMONT HOSPITALS  on BISHCA's Hospital Report Card Website.

What you'll find there:

  Estimated hospital charges for high volume inpatient admissions
  Estimated hospital charges for high volume outpatient procedures
  Hospital charges for high volume and common outpatient diagnostic    procedures
  Physician charges for high volume and common outpatient visits  and procedures

  HOSPITAL DISCOUNT AND FREE CARE POLICIES 

 

SEE DISCOUNT AND FREE CARE POLICIES ON PORTER MEDICAL CENTER'S WEBSITE


CLICK HERE for links to all Vermont hospitals, including
links to their discount and free care policies, on BISHCA's website.

  FINANCIAL REPORTS 

 

SEE FINANCIAL  INFORMATION ON PORTER MEDICAL CENTER'S WEBSITE
What you'll find there:

Figures on cost of care, cost shifting, comparisons of Porter Medical's financial information to state averages, and measures of financial health:

  • Summary of budget
  • Financial health and benchmarks
  • Cost shift information
  • Capital expenditure information
  • Optional hospital-specific budget information/contact info

CLICK HERE to  Compare Financial information for All Hospitals on BISHCA's Hospital Report Card website.

 STRATEGIC INITIATIVES AND PROCESS FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION

 

READ A SUMMARY OF STRATEGIC INITIATIVES FOR Porter Medical Center.

This document describes initiatives to meet health care needs of the local population. It is based on a strategic planning process that includes opportunities for public input.

 HOSPITAL GOVERNANCE 

 

FIND OUT ABOUT PORTER MEDICAL CENTER'S GOVERNANCE
Learn who is on  Porter Medical Center's Board of Trustees, how they are selected, and how the public can take part in our hospital activities, including

  • Public meeting schedule
  • Contact information

  IF YOU HAVE A COMPLAINT

 

SEE HOW TO FILE A  COMPLAINT AT PORTER MEDICAL CENTER
Tell us if you are concerned about the care you or someone else received at this hospital.

See Also: Prior Year Comparative Data for all Hospitals

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