Hospital Aquired Conditions Section @ National Guideline Clearinghouse

Most of us are probably aware of www.guidelines.gov as being a searchable clearinghouse of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines.

Did you know that there is a section specifically about preventing the hospital acquired conditions that CMS says they will no longer pay for?

http://www.guideline.gov/resources/hac.aspx


It appears that they (National Guidelines Clearinghouse (NGC), an initiative of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)) intends to keep this page current. The most recent update was July 27th.

AHRQ says Health Care Quality in Indiana is "Weak".

After compiling over 100 measures for all states, Indiana falls between weak and average on the National Health Care Quality Report (NHRQ) - a report funded by the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality (AHRQ).

You can view the dashboard and the elements that contribute to Indiana's overall score here.

Indiana Heart Failure Readmission Rates

CMS has made available the heart failure readmission rates for all hospitals in the country on its http://www.hospitalcompare.hhs.gov website.

The database behind the website is also available from CMS.

In the State of Indiana:

• 12 hospitals were better than the national average.
• 103 hospitals were no different than the national average.
• 2 hospitals were worse than the national average.

Who were these top performing hospitals?

• BALL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL INC
• COLUMBUS REGIONAL HOSPITAL
• KOSCIUSKO COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
• LAPORTE HOSPITAL AND HEALTH SERVICES
• MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AND HEALTH CARE CENTER
• MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OF SOUTH BEND
• PARKVIEW HOSPITAL
• PORTER, VALPARAISO HOSPITAL
• SAINT JOSEPH REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER - SOUTH BEND
• SAINT JOSEPH'S REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER - PLYMOUTH
• ST FRANCIS HOSPITAL AND HEALTH CENTERS
• ST VINCENT HEART CENTER OF INDIANA LLC

Additional Notes:

• Readmission rates for the Indiana better than national average hospitals ranged from 19.3% to 21.5%.
• Readmission rates for the two Indiana worse than national average hospitals were 27.7% (pt. n=690) and 28.7% (pt. n=606).

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