Getting Information About
the Quality of Care in Greater Cincinnati Hospitals
You
want to get the very best care when you or a loved one must go to a hospital.
To help you make good decisions about where to go for quality care, the Greater
Cincinnati Health Council has a useful source of information on the type of
care local hospitals provide. The GCHChospitalquality
Web site lets you find out how well hospitals care for patients with certain
conditions. You can use the Web site to compare hospitals across the Greater
Cincinnati region.
The
GCHChospitalquality site lets you find out:
- How often
hospitals follow recommended care guidelines for heart attack, heart
failure and pneumonia
- How often
hospitals provided the right medicines at the right time before, during and
after surgery
- Average length
of hospital stay for nine conditions such as heart attack, stroke and
pneumonia (shorter length of stay usually indicates a more favorable
outcome)
- Mortality for
the same nine conditions
- Patients’
satisfaction with their hospital care in ten areas
- How often
patients are readmitted within 30 days of discharge from a previous
hospital stay for heart attack, heart failure, or pneumonia