HealthGrades releases sixth annual patient safety study results
Patient Safety Monitor Alert, April 8, 2009
Want to receive articles like this one in your inbox? Subscribe to Patient Safety Monitor Alert!
The sixth annual HealthGrades Patient Safety in American Hospitals Study was released on April 7, highlighting the number of patient lives and money that could have been saved if all hospitals were performing at the level of the top 5% of hospitals nationwide. Each hospital in the top 5% receives the 2009 HealthGrades Patient Safety Excellence Award.
The study analyzes Medicare data from patients at nearly 5,000 non-federal hospitals nationwide. The data are collected around 15 patient safety indicators developed by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. This year's survey shows that between 2005 and 2007, more than 913,000 patient safety events occurred, representing 2.3% of all Medicare hospitalizations. Additionally, while eight of the indicators showed improvement, seven worsened over the study and these indicators represented 85% of all patient safety incidents included in the study.
To read more about the HealthGrades study, click here.
Want to receive articles like this one in your inbox? Subscribe to Patient Safety Monitor Alert!
Related Products
-
Performance Improvement Basics, 2nd Edition
Whether your goal is to gather buy-in from facility leaders or to brush up on effective data collection and analysis...
-
Lean Healthcare in Action: A Practical Guide to Streamlining Processes
Implement Lean principles to create better, more streamlined processes, and save money and time at your facility. Two Lean...
-
Handoff Communication: A Structured Approach to Transitions in Care
During this 90-minute Webcast, our expert speakers will discuss the best way to implement a standardized approach to handoff...
-
Surgical Safety: Strategies for Patient Safety and Compliance
During this 90-minute program, our experts will explain current Joint Commission and CMS surgical standards, and provide...
-
Occurrence Reporting:
Take advantage of the information occurrence reports provide and make sustainable enhancements at your facility. Expert...
Most Popular
- Articles
-
- HIPAA Q&A: Flu shot requirement for hospital employees
- HealthDataInsights posts new issues for medical necessity claims
- Running an effective peer review committee meeting
- Q&A: Incidental disclosures and patient privacy
- Sneak Peek: Effort underway to establish caseload benchmarks
- New FAQ posted on storing laryngoscope blades
- Tip: Perform your own internal investigation prior to government audit
- What does case-mix index mean to you?
- HIPAA 5010 deadline extended, but threat remains, says AMA
- HHS task force: Consider privacy, security with text messages
- E-mailed
-
- Running an effective peer review committee meeting
- HIPAA Q&A: Flu shot requirement for hospital employees
- What does case-mix index mean to you?
- HHS task force: Consider privacy, security with text messages
- Featured blog post: Nurses face felony charges after reporting physician to the Texas Medical Board
- Tip: Correctly code bilateral pain management procedures
- 2012 CPT code changes for ASCs: Shoulder and knee scopes and pain management
- COT basics to best
- Documentation and coding for toxic metabolic encephalopathy
- Guidance and tact key to compliant, effective physician queries
- Searched