Data from the Columbus-based Ohio Hospital Association show improvements in patient safety and care quality metrics in adult hospitals across the state, according to a report by The Columbus Dispatch.
The data indicate changes from the first quarter of 2012 to the third quarter of 2013 of 68 member hospitals. Here are six of those quality improvements.
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1. Member hospitals reported a 100 percent reduction of ventilator-associated pneumonia, with zero reported cases during the third quarter of 2013.
2. The rate of pressure ulcers decreased by 64 percent to 0.22 cases per 10,000 patients.
3. Centralized catheter infections fell by 53 percent to 0.71 cases per 1,000 patients.
4. There were 43 percent fewer falls during the data period.
5. The rate of Clostridium difficile fell by 32 percent, with an infection rate of 7.18 per 10,000 patients in the third quarter of 2013.
6. Surgical-site infections decreased by 12 percent, occurring in 3.93 patients out of 100.
The Ohio Hospital Association is part of the Partnership for Patients federal program, a group of 26 hospital networks receiving funding to help improve patient safety and care quality. The association received $3.3 million the past two years through the program and will receive an additional $2.5 million in 2014 to continue patient safety improvement, according to the report.
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