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Quality scorecards show how hospitals are doing over time as well as compare to national standards. Performance data currently on this site includes reliability measures, mortality/survival rates and turnaround time.
Edward Hospital Quality Scorecards:
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About this data: These ratings show you how well the hospital follows generally accepted standards of care, or "best practices," for particular conditions, such as giving aspirin to heart attack victims or antibiotics to patients before surgery.
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About this data: Tells you the percentage of patients that died as a result of a specific procedure or treatment. For mortality, the lower the number, the better.
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About this data: Getting the right care at the right time is an important measure of quality. These ratings let you know how the hospital does at providing drugs or performing procedures in a timeframe that is widely recognized as best for the patient.
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This is not all we measure. Other measures of quality reported by Edward Hospital are available through a variety of resources. Visit the following sites for more information:
- Hospital Compare: This federal government-run site offers data on quality and timeliness of care.
- The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: Also run by the federal government, this site has data on mortality rates and quality of care measures.
- Quality Check: This site, run by the independent nonprofit The Joint Commission, provides data on timeliness and quality of care measures, as well as patient safety.
For more resources available to compare hospitals, click here.
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