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Hospitals link CEO pay to patient safety
Quality Improvement Monitor, May 11, 2007
More hospitals are tying a part of their CEO's pay to a number of safety measures, from reducing medication errors to monitoring how often doctors wash their hands, according to the Boston Globe.
Increasing pressure from Washington to improve hospital safety and reduce hospital-acquired infections is driving the change, the paper reported.
At Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, CEO Paul Levy could could lose as much as a third of his $195,000 annual bonus if, among other measures, he fails to increase the number of clinicians who wash hands, reduce infections, and increase the number of employees who receive influenza vaccinations, the Globe said.
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