Lee Memorial Health System
has been recognized over the last two years for its excellence in ensuring patient safety.
Hospitals who received this honor are ranked in the top tier
in patient safety nationally, based upon a rating system using the
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Patient Safety Indicators (PSIs).
The AHRQ PSIs are a set of measures that were
designed as a low cost screening tool for hospitals to use to identify
potential problems and screen for adverse events and complications that
patients may experience as a result of exposure to the health care
system. These AHRQ PSIs provide a focus for further analysis and proven
improvement to reduce
errors throughout the System.
For a more detailed explanation of each of
the Hospital Patient Safety Indicators listed
below, visit the
ahrq.gov
website.
Note: In order to be consistent with current Florida hospital
quality benchmarking criteria, the six Patient Safety Indicators
presented below are the same six hospital AHRQ PSI measures as those
publicly reported on the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) Compare Care consumer web site. |