Institutional Measures

Inpatient

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center tracks specific measures related to inpatient care.

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Strategic Improvement Measures for Inpatient Care
Experience with Pain Control Patient / Family satisfaction with care: Percent of respondents who gave Cincinnati Children's a rating of 0-6 (on 10-point scale) Patient / Family satisfaction with care: Percent of respondents who gave Cincinnati Children's a rating of 10 (on a 10-point scale) Percent of Patients Delayed Timely Discharge Time to Essential Treatment Staff satisfaction Staff turnover Touch Time -- % time nurse in patient or procedure rooms Percent of eligible patients receiving evidence-based care Readmissions within 7 days of discharge Readmissions within 7 days of discharge stratified by race Nosocomial infection rates: Ventilator acquired pneumonia per 1000 vent days Nosocomial Bloodstream infections per 1000 catheter days (Includes Class I and Class II infections Codes Outside the ICU Adverse Drug Events per 1000 doses Risk adjusted cost per discharge Standardization of PICU Mortality Ratio Preferred Patient Placements: Percent of patients discharged from the preferred inpatient care unit Serious Safety Events per 10,000 patient days

Strategic Improvement Measures for Inpatient Care