Patient Safety Indicators

Go to the HealthGrades Web site’s Patient Safety Excellence Award™ Recipients 2014
pagehttps://www.healthgrades.com/ratings-and-awards/2014-patient-safety-excellence-
award-recipients and review the Patient Safety report of one of the hospitals listed there.
Here’s how:
1. The "Patient Safety Excellence Award™ Recipients 2014" page lists hospitals that
received the award. Click one of the hospitals, and you will be taken to that hospital’s
Hospital Quality report.
2. Click the report’s Patient Safety tab and scroll down to the “Patient Safety Indicators”
table.
Examine the information in the safety report from the point of view of a patient. State how
patient safety ratings would influence your choice of hospital. Which, for you, are the most
critical indicators? Give reasons citing indicators and results for those chosen indicators.
Write your analysis in one page.
Now, think like a risk manager. List the safety indicators that pertain to Obstetrics and
neonatology. This will require some research. Chart audits are widely used, but the
information in them varies. For example, checking for proper signatures on all forms and
orders can be used universally, while daily recording of medication refrigeration temperature
will only be used in some areas.
Select a minimum of three and a maximum of four indicators for measurement in your quality
improvement program.
For each indicator, include the following information:
Indicator Describe the indicator.
Rationale Explain why this indicator is suitable for the high-risk area you have chosen.
Measurement Describe and explain how you will measure this indicator.
Finally, explain how these indicators taken together cover all aspects of quality in the high-
risk area.
Put together your analysis of patient safety ratings and your list of indicators. Include
references.
Evaluate information in sample safety report.
List 3 or 4 indicators relevant to the high-risk area selected for the project
Justify choice of indicators
Describe and explain measurement for each indicator

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The patient safety rating is useful in determining how well a hospital protects its patients from developing any form of complication during their treatment as an outpatient or hospitalized. Good Patient safety ratings show that a hospital is keen of taking care of its patients and has the expertise to treat without bringing in complications. Medical procedures that I consider critical and important in the patient safety ratings include surgery and deliveries. In most cases, patients who develop health complications after being hospitalized rarely discover its source and seek medical attention when it is quite late. Excessive bleeding during and after surgery is one of the patient safety indicators I consider important. Surgery is accompanied by a significant amount of blood loss; although the procedure could be successful, the quantity of blood lost is of great importance. Massive blood…………….

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