The New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services has issued its eighth annual report on hospital quality.
The report measures hospitals' performance on a wide range of quality measures, including the Surgical Care Improvement Project measure; catheter-associated urinary tract infections; surgical site infections after coronary artery bypass graft and abdominal hysterectomy surgery; central line-associated bloodstream infections; 12 patient safety indicators and recommended care measures for heart attack, pneumonia and heart failure.
Overall recommended care scores ranged from 93-100 percent for heart attack, 91-100 percent for pneumonia, 92-100 percent for surgical care improvement and 92-100 percent for heart attack patients in 2010.
The report also shows New Jersey hospitals experienced 27 incidents of foreign objects left in patients during procedures and 256 incidents of post-operative sepsis in 2010. There were also 1,337 accidental punctures or lacerations and 64 post-operative wound dehiscence among hospitals in 2010. Compared to 2008 national estimates, New Jersey hospitals performed better than the national average for seven of the 10 patient safety indicators. The three measures where New Jersey hospitals performed worse than the national average were post-operative hemorrhage or hematoma; post-operative sepsis and birth trauma.
In addition, New Jersey hospitals reported a total 436 CLABSIs and 604 CAUTIs in 2010; and 127 surgical site infections in 2009.
The report measures hospitals' performance on a wide range of quality measures, including the Surgical Care Improvement Project measure; catheter-associated urinary tract infections; surgical site infections after coronary artery bypass graft and abdominal hysterectomy surgery; central line-associated bloodstream infections; 12 patient safety indicators and recommended care measures for heart attack, pneumonia and heart failure.
Overall recommended care scores ranged from 93-100 percent for heart attack, 91-100 percent for pneumonia, 92-100 percent for surgical care improvement and 92-100 percent for heart attack patients in 2010.
The report also shows New Jersey hospitals experienced 27 incidents of foreign objects left in patients during procedures and 256 incidents of post-operative sepsis in 2010. There were also 1,337 accidental punctures or lacerations and 64 post-operative wound dehiscence among hospitals in 2010. Compared to 2008 national estimates, New Jersey hospitals performed better than the national average for seven of the 10 patient safety indicators. The three measures where New Jersey hospitals performed worse than the national average were post-operative hemorrhage or hematoma; post-operative sepsis and birth trauma.
In addition, New Jersey hospitals reported a total 436 CLABSIs and 604 CAUTIs in 2010; and 127 surgical site infections in 2009.
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