Stateboro’s East Georgia Regional Medical Center saw improvements on its Spring report card, bringing the letter grade up from a ‘C’ to a ‘B.’
The healthcare report card is produced twice a year by The Leapfrog Group, an independent, national not-for-profit organization founded more than a decade ago by the nation’s leading employers and private health care experts. The Leapfrog Group advocates for public access to quality and safety data from all U.S. hospitals.
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EGRMC yielded ‘below average’ scors on:
- collapsed lung prevention following surgery
- dangerous blood clot prevention following surgery
- accidental tears and cuts following surgery
- preventing errors with doctors orders for prescriptions
- staff working together to prevent errors
- tracking and preventing risks to patients
- effective leadership to prevent errors
- specially-trained doctors for ICU patients
- communication with nurses
- responsiveness of staff
EGRMC was ‘average’ on practices relating to:
- communications about medicines
- prevention of patient falls
EGRMC yielded ‘above average’ scores on:
- MRSA infection prevention
- C diff infection prevention
- Blood infection prevention
- Urinary tract infections
- Surgical site infection prevention
- Prevention of dangerous parts left in body during surgery
- prevention of serious breathing problems during surgery
- safe medication administration
- handwashing practices
- communication about discharge
- prevention of dangerous bed sores
- enough qualified nurses
- communication with doctors
You can read the full score card here.