ProvenCare by the Numbers
Elective Coronary Artery Bypass Graft
Program went live: February 2006
Number of procedures in first year: 181
Percentage of patients eligible to participate: 34% (under Geisinger Health Plan)
| Proven Care by the Numbers (18 months) | Before Proven Care | With Proven Care | % Improvement/ Reduction |
| Average total length of stay | 6.2 | 5.7 | - |
| 30-day readmission rate | 6.9% | 3.8% | 44% |
| Patients w/ any complication | 38% | 30% | 21% |
| Patients w/less than 1 complication | 7.6% | 5.5% | 28% |
| Incidence of atrial fibrillation | 23% | 19% | 17% |
| Neurological complication | 1.5% | 0.6% | 60% |
| Any pulmonary complication | 7% | 4% | 43% |
| Blood products used | 23% | 18% | 22% |
| Re-operation for bleeding | 3.8% | 1.7% | 55% |
| Deep sternal wound infection | 0.8% | 0.6% | 25% |
