Quality Reports - Herma Heart Center
Average Length of Stay by Diagnosis
Why we measure it - We realize the importance of not having a child stay in the hospital any longer than necessary. The average time a child is in the hospital depends on many factors including how serious the illness or injury. Medical therapies can have a significant impact on recovery and length of hospital stay.
What this means - Children's Hospital of Wisconsin is able to provide the highest quality of care as demonstrated by our survival rates while keeping our average length of stay comparable to the national average.
About the data - This data reflects the average number of days a child stays at Children's Hospital before going home, depending on the diagnosis, compared to Pediatric Hospital Information System (PHIS) peers. PHIS hospitals represent other leading free-standing pediatric hospitals.
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What we're doing to provide the best care:
- We have pediatric cardiac-trained anesthesiologists and an excellent Pediatric Intensive Care Unit staffed by pediatric cardiac experts. This helps us achieve great outcomes.
- We offer a special long-term follow-up clinic for children with serious conditions to identify any problems as early as possible and provide support as necessary.
- We developed improved postoperative management techniques that allow patients to breathe on their own sooner after surgery. This also reduces length of stay and the risk of complications associated with mechanical ventilation.
- We continue to investigate and develop better perioperative techniques to improve safe recovery for children undergoing surgery for congenital heart disease, including drugs that minimize the effects of heart-lung bypass and novel noninvasive tools to measure how blood is flowing to the body as a gauge of heart recovery.
Patients/Families - If your child is being treated for a heart defect:
- Be an advocate for your child. Participate in daily bedside clinical discussions, and provide any information about your child that may be helpful to staff.
- Follow medical instructions fully and carefully before and after surgery.
- Ask questions if you don't understand the plan of care or if you are not sure how to care for your child at home.
If you have questions about this data or information, e-mail us or call (414) 266-6726.
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