DENVER, CO, - Rose Medical Center has been recognized for two distinctions in quality excellence from Healthgrades: the Healthgrades 2019 Patient Safety Excellence Award™ and the Healthgrades 2019 Outstanding Patient Experience Award. Released annually by Healthgrades, the leading online resource for information about physicians and hospitals, these awards recognize the elite 77 hospitals out of just over 4,500 hospitals evaluated for patient safety and patient experience that achieve both distinctions.
Rose is among the top 2% of eligible hospitals in the nation to receive both awards. This distinction recognizes Rose for excellent performance in safeguarding patients from serious, potentially preventable complications, as well as providing a positive experience for patients during their hospital stay.
"At Rose, we have built a culture that is deeply committed to quality, safety and excellent patient experiences," explains Ryan Tobin, Rose Medical Center president and chief executive officer. "We are incredibly honored and humbled to be recognized by Healthgrades, among such an elite group of hospitals nationwide."
During the study period (2015 to 2017), Healthgrades 2019 Patient Safety Excellence Award recipient hospitals demonstrated excellent performance in safety provided for patients in the Medicare population, as measured by objective outcomes (risk-adjusted patient safety indicator rates) for 14 patient safety indicators defined by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).
If all hospitals in the country performed at the level of award recipients for each of the 14 Patient Safety Indicators evaluated by AHRQ, 127,667 patient safety events could have been avoided. In addition, Healthgrades found that patients treated in hospitals receiving the Patient Safety Excellence Award were, as compared to patients at non-recipients hospitals, on average*:
- 55.9% less likely to experience an accidental cut, puncture, perforation or hemorrhage during medical care.
- 50.9% less likely to experience a collapsed lung due to a procedure or surgery in or around the chest.
- 64.4% less likely to experience pressure sores or bed sores acquired in the hospital.
- 57% less likely to experience catheter-related bloodstream infections acquired at the hospital.
"Our team continually works to create the most safe, quality patient experience possible," explains Andrew Weinfeld, MD, chief medical officer at Rose Medical Center. "We want to maintain and build high levels of trust with our patients. As such, every department of the hospital collaborates to keep standards, techniques and procedures that work and improve whenever possible."
"Patient experience and patient safety go hand in hand, and we're proud to recognize the hospitals that make both a top priority in order to provide patients with the best care possible," said Brad Bowman, MD., Chief Medical Officer of Healthgrades. "Consumers will in turn be able to use this information to feel confident when making important decisions about where they receive care."
In addition to being recognized as one of Healthgrades 2019 Patient Safety Excellence Award recipients, Rose also out-performed peer hospitals in providing outstanding patient experience.
Healthgrades evaluated performance by applying a scoring methodology to 9 patient experience measures, using data collected from a 32-question experience survey from the hospital's own patients. The survey questions focus on patients' perspectives of their care in the hospital, ranging from cleanliness and noise levels in patient rooms to factors such as provider communication and responsiveness to patients' needs. The measures also include whether a patient would recommend the hospital to friends or family.
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*Statistics are calculated from Healthgrades Patient Safety Ratings and Excellence Award methodology which is based primarily on AHRQ technical specifications (Version 5e and 2018) to MedPAR data for years 2015 through 2017 and represent 3-year estimates for Medicare patients only.