Oroville Hospital announced today that it has achieved the Healthgrades 2015 Patient SafetyExcellence Award™, a designation that honors hospital performance in the prevention of serious, potentially preventable complications during hospital stays. The
distinction places Oroville Hospital among the top 10% of hospitals in the nation for its excellent performance as evaluated by Healthgrades, the leading online resource for comprehensive information about physicians and hospitals.
On average, 133,896 patient safety events could have been avoided if all hospitals, as a group from 2011 from 2013, performed similarly to hospitals performing better than expected on each of 13 Patient Safety Indicators evaluated by Healthgrades.
In addition, during this study period, patients treated in hospitals receiving Healthgrades Patient Safety Excellence Award were, on average:
- 43.9% less likely to experience an accidental puncture or laceration during a procedure, than patients treated at non-recipient hospitals.
- 53.6% less likely to experience a collapsed lung due to a procedure or surgery in or around the chest, than patients treated at non-recipient hospitals.
- 47.4% less likely to experience catheter-related blood stream infections, than patients treated at non-recipient hospitals.
- 43.8% less likely to experience pressure sores or bed sores acquired in the hospital, than patients treated at non-recipient hospitals.[1]
“Oroville Hospital is dedicated and invested in providing excellence quality clinical care. We are honored to receive the Patient Safety Excellence Award for a third year in a row and be the only hospital in Butte County to have ranked among the top 10% in the nation. Oroville Hospital has always been committed to patient safety. We have a dedicated Patient Safety Director Dr. Matthew Fine, who has been a pioneer in this effort, making sure we are doing all we can to make our patients safe,” said Robert J. Wentz, President and CEO, Oroville Hospital.
“We commend all recipients of the Healthgrades 2015 Outstanding Patient Safety Excellence Award. This achievement reflects an organization-wide commitment to delivering high-quality care and to protecting patients from potentially preventable complications,” said Evan Marks, Chief Strategy Officer, Healthgrades.
[1]Statistics are based on Healthgrades Patient Safety Ratings and Excellence Award methodology which includes application of AHRQ QI software (Version 4.6A) to MedPAR data for years 2011 through 2013 and represent 3-year estimates for Medicare patients only.