Hospital healthcare improvements
Case Management Weekly, November 27, 2007
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Last week, The Joint Commission released its second annual report on healthcare quality and patient safety in the nation's hospitals, revealing a significant improvement in the quality of care provided for patients with heart attacks, heart failure, pneumonia, and surgical conditions.
To emphasize the health importance of accountability and continuous improvement for hospitals, The Joint Commission issued the report to provide consumers with information that will make them more active participants in their healthcare.
The Joint Commission measured the performance of accredited hospitals against standardized national performance measures and its National Patient Safety Goals. Key findings of the report include:
- Accredited hospitals continue to show measurable improvements in performance
- Requiring hospitals to follow standardized processes for quality measurement and reporting has yielded positive results
- Room for improvement exists for most of the quality measures
- Hospitals still have trouble meeting certain patient safety requirements, such as the redesign of patient care processes
- Significant variability exists in the performance of hospitals by state
Other articles of interest:
Mass General considers releasing Joint Commission report
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