St. Mary’s Medical Center of Long Beach did particularly well within the system, reducing to zero the number of catheter-associated urinary tract infections, central line associated blood stream infections, falls, early elective deliveries, surgical site infections and ventilator associated pneumonia cases.
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The hospital had committed to 10 patient safety areas and achieved the goal of zero harm in 60 percent of these areas one year before the deadline. It did so in part through a process it calls MeasureVention, according to a news release.
Because of Dignity Health’s quality successes, HHS has named the system as a Partnership for Patients Hospital Engagement Network site for a third year running, according to the release. The PfP HEN consists of 26 organizations nationwide.
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