Illinois’ overall ranking for hospital safety has again dropped, this time to 28th in the country, with one Chicago hospital earning an F
The grades are important to hospitals as they work to attract patients and compete. Hospitals with high grades often tout them in their advertising, though experts advise patients to use ratings and grades as just one tool when choosing where to receive care.
“A safety-oriented culture toward patients is where we’re going,” Rogers said. “We’re going to continue to work and strive toward that.”“We firmly believe that meaningful quality and safety data should be transparent to the public,” said Advocate Aurora Health, in a statement, in response to Advocate Christ’s D grade.
“Since then, we have improved our processes and expect future scores, specifically fall, to reflect those improvements,” she said in the statement. “Patient safety is our highest priority, and our physicians and staff are fully committed to quality in our patient care activities.”Roseland hospital did not respond to a request for comment on its D grade.
Elmhurst Hospital achieves its high scores through a culture of safety, said hospital leaders. Each patient room in the hospital, which replaced an older facility in 2011, is identical and items are stored in the same places throughout the hospital so “no matter where you go, you know where things are,” said hospital President Pamela Dunley. Staff are all trained in certain safety methods that include being expected to report when they see something that’s not right.
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