| |
Frequently Asked Questions
|
| |
Q: Why do I need to worry about a hospital's safety record? Aren't they all safe? |
A: Preventable medical error kills hundreds of thousands of Americans every year.
Prior to the pandemic, it was generally considered the third leading cause of death. Picking the safest
hospital could help prevent serious injury or death.
|
Q: Where does the patient safety performance data originate?
|
A: The performance measures underlying the Ashbec Hospital Patient Safety Rankings are reported by the hospitals to the Center for
Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). CMS makes the data publicly available on their
Hospital Compare website.
|
Q: How does Ashbec turn the data into a percentile ranking?
|
A: Briefly, Ashbec takes a subset of the performance measures that omits all survey data and opinion. Only observable metrics
are used. These are then combined into a single rating that is ranked across all hospitals in the nation reporting a sufficient number of measures.
For a detailed explanation, see the research
available on Ashbec.com.
|
