The Illinois Department of Public Health has added several updates to the Hospital Report Card and Consumer Guide to Health Care website, including new information about hospital-acquired infection prevention and control staffing and rates of newborn breastfeeding in hospitals, according to an IDPH news release.
The infection control staffing measures now available on the website show the number of infection prevention and control staff for every 100 authorized hospital beds. These new data supplement the information on central line-associated bloodstream infections already provided on the report card.
The Hospital Report Card Act requires all Illinois hospitals to report nurse staffing, infection prevention measures and hospital-acquired infections data to the IDPH. The website includes inpatient and outpatient data with current comparison information related to volume of cases, average charges, mortality rates, complications and hospital-associated infections.
Read the news release about the Illinois Hospital Report Card.
Read other coverage about quality reporting:
- Surgery Centers Await Federal Rules on Quality Reporting
- Patient Safety Commission Administrator Opposes Mandatory Hospital Reporting
- Patient Safety Tool: Guide to Increasing Reporting of Potential Medical Errors
The infection control staffing measures now available on the website show the number of infection prevention and control staff for every 100 authorized hospital beds. These new data supplement the information on central line-associated bloodstream infections already provided on the report card.
The Hospital Report Card Act requires all Illinois hospitals to report nurse staffing, infection prevention measures and hospital-acquired infections data to the IDPH. The website includes inpatient and outpatient data with current comparison information related to volume of cases, average charges, mortality rates, complications and hospital-associated infections.
Read the news release about the Illinois Hospital Report Card.
Read other coverage about quality reporting:
- Surgery Centers Await Federal Rules on Quality Reporting
- Patient Safety Commission Administrator Opposes Mandatory Hospital Reporting
- Patient Safety Tool: Guide to Increasing Reporting of Potential Medical Errors
