Patient Safety and Quality of Services : Safety Analysis
WALDEN UNIVERSITY
OM004: IMPROVING PATIENT SAFETY AND QUALITY OF
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, Patient Safety and Quality of Services: Safety Analysis
The Medical University of South Carolina won the Baldridge award in 2018 and 2020
(SCHA, 2020). This analysis focuses on MUSC Health Florence Medical Center. The acute care
facility has 396 patient beds, 1500 employees, and 300 physicians across all primary specialties.
The organization is in northeastern South Carolina. The hospital is part of the MUSC health
network. It has an er, chest pain center accredited by the Society of Cardiovascular Patient Care,
and an advanced primary stroke center, recognized by The Joint Commission (MUSC Health,
2021).
Two organizations for rating patient safety and quality of care are the Leapfrog Group
and Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Hospital
Survey. MUSC Health Florence Medical Center received an "A" grade for Spring 2021
(The Leapfrog Group, 2021).
In the infections category, this hospital scored .847 for MRSA Infection. The best hospital
for this category scored .000, and the average scored .798, indicating room for improvement.
Hospitals should be able to keep antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections to a minimum. Leapfrog
uses a standardized infection ratio (SIR) calculated by the CDC's National Healthcare Safety
Network (NHSN) to compare the number of infections at this hospital to the number of
infections projected for this hospital, given various factors. A number lower than one means
fewer infections than expected; a number more than one means more infections than expected
(The Leapfrog Group, 2021).
Concerning MRSA, there are ways to cut down the prevalence and spread throughout
workspaces in the hospital. The number one way to minimize the spread of any
14:48:39 GMT -05:00
WALDEN UNIVERSITY
OM004: IMPROVING PATIENT SAFETY AND QUALITY OF
14:48:39 GMT -05:00
, Patient Safety and Quality of Services: Safety Analysis
The Medical University of South Carolina won the Baldridge award in 2018 and 2020
(SCHA, 2020). This analysis focuses on MUSC Health Florence Medical Center. The acute care
facility has 396 patient beds, 1500 employees, and 300 physicians across all primary specialties.
The organization is in northeastern South Carolina. The hospital is part of the MUSC health
network. It has an er, chest pain center accredited by the Society of Cardiovascular Patient Care,
and an advanced primary stroke center, recognized by The Joint Commission (MUSC Health,
2021).
Two organizations for rating patient safety and quality of care are the Leapfrog Group
and Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Hospital
Survey. MUSC Health Florence Medical Center received an "A" grade for Spring 2021
(The Leapfrog Group, 2021).
In the infections category, this hospital scored .847 for MRSA Infection. The best hospital
for this category scored .000, and the average scored .798, indicating room for improvement.
Hospitals should be able to keep antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections to a minimum. Leapfrog
uses a standardized infection ratio (SIR) calculated by the CDC's National Healthcare Safety
Network (NHSN) to compare the number of infections at this hospital to the number of
infections projected for this hospital, given various factors. A number lower than one means
fewer infections than expected; a number more than one means more infections than expected
(The Leapfrog Group, 2021).
Concerning MRSA, there are ways to cut down the prevalence and spread throughout
workspaces in the hospital. The number one way to minimize the spread of any
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