How Healthy is your Hospital?
The Hospital Guide (UK)Good quality information necessary for all
Understanding the reasons behind clinical outcomes is a key step in improving patient care.
"The value of information, and in particular the Hospital Guide, is not just about public accountability. It acts as a catalyst for informed partnerships. Partnerships within clinical teams and between managers and clinicians, in particular, but also with their patients and the wider community," said Dr Jack Tinker, Emeritus Dean at the Royal Society of Medicine.
Download a free copy of the Hospital Guide (PDF, 867k)
The report examines trusts' performances in several areas, including mortality, readmissions, patient satisfaction and excess bed days. Results were gathered from HES data and Dr Foster's annual Hospital Guide questionnaire.
A number of top-performing trusts are highlighted as examples of best practice.
For more information, see the methodologies used in the Hospital Guide (PDF).
The hospital guide launched with a special edition of Intelligence
and in The Daily Telegraph.
posted by Ann Celestine @ 9:41 AM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment