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Hospital
Patient Safety Indicators (PSI)
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 are designed as a low cost screening tool
hospitals to use to identify potential problems and screening 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
ahrq.gov web site.
Note: In order
to be consistent with current Florida hospital quality benchmarking
criteria, the six Patient Safety Indicatiors 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.
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Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality
(AHRQ) Patient Safety Indicators (PSIs)
**Rates per 1,000 measurement population |
AHRQ
National
Hospital Benchmark |
AHCA
Florida
Hospital
Benchmark |
April 05
to March 06*
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Lee
Memorial Health System |
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Decubitus Ulcer
The number of patients reported as having a decubitus ulcer (a pressure ulcer or bed sore) after being in the
hospital four days or longer, per 1,000 discharges
with a length of stay greater than 4
days.
Lower
Rates are better.
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25.521 |
22.6** |
23.59 |
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Iatrogenic
Pneumothorax
The
number of patients having a
unexpected pneumothorax (a collapsed lung) while being hospitalized for
another condition, per 1,000 discharges.
Lower
Rates are better.
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0.408 |
0.6** |
0.73 |
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Selected Infections Due To Medical Care
The number of patients reported with an
infection, primarily due to intravenous lines or
catheter, per 1,000 discharges.
Lower
Rates are better. |
2.468 |
2.3** |
2.47 |
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Post-operative Hip Fracture
The number of hip fractures on patients with
an operating room procedure following surgery,
per 1,000 surgery patients with an
operating room procedure.
Lower
Rates are better.
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0.627 |
0.3** |
0.44 |
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Post-operative Pulmonary Embolism or Deep Vein Thrombosis
The number of patients reported with
postoperative pulmonary embolism (PE) or deep vein
thrombosis (DVT) following surgery, per 1,000
surgery patients with an operating room
procedure.
Lower
Rates are better.
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10.944 |
9.4** |
10.51 |
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Post-operative Sepsis
The number of patients reported with nosocomial
postoperative sepsis (blood stream infection) following surgery, after being
in the hospital four days or longer, per 1,000
surgery patients with an operating room procedure
and a length of stay of 4 days or longer.
Lower
Rates are better.
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17.023 |
12.6** |
11.49 |
* Based on PSI data prepared quarterly for LMHS by Voluntary Hospitals of America (VHA)
Southeast Division.
** Converted from a percentage to a rate in order to be
consistent with AHRQ (rate-based) data.
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