The New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services has released its 2011 Hospital Performance Report, which highlights continuing hospital quality improvement as well as opportunities for growth.
The report scores hospitals in three general categories: patient safety, healthcare-associated infections and the percentage of time hospitals delivered the recommended treatment for specific health conditions. New measures in the report include catheter-associated urinary tract infections, surgical site infection after coronary artery bypass graft surgery, surgical site infection after abdominal hysterectomy and the removal of urinary catheters on the first or second day after surgery.
Highlights from the report include the following:
• Of the 25 recommended care measures, New Jersey hospitals exceeded national scores on 15 of the measures and were equal to national norms on eight measures.
• Every hospital scored 93 or higher out of 100 on overall heart attack treatment.
• New Jersey continues to lag behind national scores on two measures:
• New Jersey lagged the national average on three indicators:
• CABG and abdominal hysterectomy infections and catheter-associate urinary tract infections were similar to national numbers in 2009.
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The report scores hospitals in three general categories: patient safety, healthcare-associated infections and the percentage of time hospitals delivered the recommended treatment for specific health conditions. New measures in the report include catheter-associated urinary tract infections, surgical site infection after coronary artery bypass graft surgery, surgical site infection after abdominal hysterectomy and the removal of urinary catheters on the first or second day after surgery.
Highlights from the report include the following:
• Of the 25 recommended care measures, New Jersey hospitals exceeded national scores on 15 of the measures and were equal to national norms on eight measures.
• Every hospital scored 93 or higher out of 100 on overall heart attack treatment.
• New Jersey continues to lag behind national scores on two measures:
- Heart attack patients undergoing angioplasty within 90 minutes of hospital arrival. New Jersey scored an 89, while the national score is 91. However, New Jersey hospitals continue to show improvement in this area, improving 62 percent since 2006.
- Cardiac surgery patients whose blood sugar was under control after surgery. New Jersey scored 93 compared with the national rate of 94.
• New Jersey lagged the national average on three indicators:
- Post-operative bleeding or blood clot
- Post-operative bloodstream infections
- Birth trauma to newborns
• CABG and abdominal hysterectomy infections and catheter-associate urinary tract infections were similar to national numbers in 2009.
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