Institutional Measures

Overview

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center is committed to providing the safest, highest-quality patient care to the families we serve. To continue to be the leader in improving child health, we closely measure and monitor the our care and services.

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Operational Definitions of Cincinnati Children's Measures

System Level Measures for Health Care Delivery	Strategic Improvement Priorities	Clinical System Improvement / CSI Team Dashboards
Adverse Drug Events (ADEs) per 1000 doses -- Overall Adverse Drug Events (ADEs) per 1000 doses -- Preventable Codes Outside the ICU Codes Outside the ICU: Rate per 1000 patient days - MRT (Medical Response Team) Preventable Bloodstream infections per 1000 catheter days Surgical site infections per 100 procedure days Ventilator-Acquired Pneumonia per 1000 ventilator days Overall Satisfaction Rating: Percent giving Cincinnati Children's a Perfect Rating of 10 to a single overall question Overall Satisfaction Rating: Percent Giving Cincinnati Children's a Rating of 0 - 6 to a Single Overall Question Percent of eligible patients receiving evidence-based care Percent of Patients Delayed Risk adjusted cost per discharge Standardization of PICU Mortality Ratio Wait for 3rd Next Available Appointment for New Visits Nursing Turnover Rate Employee Injury Rate for Cases with Lost Workdays Staff Satisfaction Reduce Hassles Touch Time -- % time nurse in patient or procedure rooms Serious Safety Events per 10,000 patient days	Access Speciality Access Flow Periop Flow Improving Patient Flow Patient Safety Codes outside the ICU Safe Handoffs Nosocomial Infections Periop Surgical Site Infection (SSI) Reducing Adverse Drug Events (ADEs) Transplant Medication Safety Ventilator Associated Pneumonia (VAP) Clinical Excellence Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Autism Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Quality Initiative Diabetes Evidence-Based Care Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis (JRA) Necrotizing Enterocolitis (NEC) Physician Hospital Organization (PHO) Asthma School-Based Health Center (SBHC) Asthma Reduced Hassles Periop Case Prep Team Well-Being Patient-Centered Care Emergency Department /ED Family-Centered Care / Flow Chronic Care Innovation Lab Adolescents with Asthma	Periop Inpatient Outpatient Home Care Emergency Department / ED

System Level Measures for Health Care Delivery

Strategic Improvement Priorities

Clinical System Improvement / CSI Team Dashboards