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Patient Safety

Freedom from accidental injury; ensuring patient safety involves the establishment of operational systems and processes that minimize the likelihood of errors and maximizes the likelihood of intercepting them when they occur. The Joint Commission, an independent, not-for-profit accrediting organization, has outlined National Patient Safety Goals to promote specific improvements in patient safety. Healthcare organizations accredited by The Joint Commission are expected to continually comply with the National Patient Safety Goals.

Key

Better Than U.S. Average At or Near U.S. Average Worse Than U.S. Average No National Average
or Too Few Cases

How To Read This Report:
An explanation of the scores and how the cell coloring relates to them.

Desired Performance

This indicates if a high or low score is best for this metric. In some case the desired performance will be neutral. In this case the desired performance is neither high or low and a color rating is not assigned to the statistic of that metric..

Measures

Acquired Pressure Ulcer Low     2.92
Restraint Prevalence Low     0.72
Falls per 1,000 Patient Days Low     3.65
Falls with injury per 1,000 Patient Days Low     0.59
Patient Identification – Patient Perception of Having Their Name Verified Before a Procedure is Performed High     97 %
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Last Updated 01/29/2010