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NCH Recognized by Healthgrades with

2022 Patient Safety

Excellence Award

by Paul Hiltz, FACHE

am excited to announce With the recent Leapfrog “A” ratings for safety, and
I now this latest award for patient safety excellence from
that the NCH Healthcare
System has been recognized
Healthgrades, the level of safe, exceptional healthcare
by Healthgrades as a 2022 Patient provided by NCH to our community has never been
Safety Excellence Award™ better. The recognition of our commitment to the highest
recipient. This distinction places levels of exceptional patient care is yet another reason
NCH among the top 5% of all why NCH should be your healthcare provider of choice.
short-term acute care hospitals When it comes to choosing healthcare, quality saves
as evaluated by Healthgrades, the leading lives, which is why Healthgrades is committed to delivering the
marketplace connecting patients and providers. most scientifically accurate and comprehensive information about
During the study period (2018 through 2020), 170,231 doctors and hospitals — with data insights not available anywhere
potentially preventable patient safety events occurred among else. To that end, it's important for consumers to know that if all
Medicare patients in U.S. hospitals. Healthgrades found that hospitals, as a group, performed similarly to the Healthgrades
just four patient safety indicators accounted for 74% of all in- Patient Safety Award Recipients, such as NCH, 100,189 patient
hospital patient safety events: hip fracture due to a fall, collapsed safety events could have been avoided.*
lung resulting from a procedure/surgery, pressure or bedsores, and Consumers can visit healthgrades.com for more information on
catheter-related bloodstream infections. how Healthgrades measures hospital quality.
Healthgrades found that patients treated in hospitals receiving
*Statistics are calculated from Healthgrades Patient Safety Ratings and Excellence
the Healthgrades 2022 Patient Safety Excellence Award™ like
Award™ methodology which is based primarily on AHRQ technical specifications
NCH has, were on average: (Version 2021.0.1) for MedPAR data years 2018 through 2020 and represent 3-year
• 52.6% less likely to experience a collapsed lung resulting from estimates for Medicare patients only.
a procedure or surgery in or around the chest, than patients treated
at non-recipient hospitals*
• 55.8% less likely to experience an in-hospital fall resulting in
hip fracture, than patients treated at non-recipient hospitals*
• 65.8% less likely to experience catheter-related bloodstream
infections acquired in the hospital, than patients treated at non-
recipient hospitals*
• 66.2% less likely to experience pressure sores or bed sores
acquired in the hospital, than patients treated at non-recipient
hospitals*

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