Women's Choice Award, a consumer advocacy group, has named 311 hospitals as America's Best Hospitals for Patient Safety, the only evidence-based designation that recognizes hospitals on patient safety and what women say they want from a hospital.
The group chose the hospitals that have a low incidence of problems from surgical errors and infections, based on data submitted to CMS on 12 measures. Hospitals were eliminated from contention if they did not report on at least four of the surgical complication measures or four of the infection measures, having a below-average patient recommendation rating, ranking in the bottom 5 percent for any of the considered measures and if they did not have surgical checklists.
"Whether its poor care coordination, antibiotic resistant infections or serious complications, lives are being lost and women need to know which hospitals they can trust to follow the highest patient safety standards to ensure the proper quality care of their loved ones," Delia Passi, CEO and founder of WomenCertified, which is home to the Women's Choice Award, said.
View the list of award-winning hospitals here.