Quality and Safety
J. David Cox Sr. demanded leaders address the issues but refrain from using report as fuel for privatization talk.
Issues include dirty supply storage areas, canceled procedures due to supply shortages, use of expired equipment on patients, report says.
Study found that the combined impact of all three programs netted $32 million in cost savings in 2015.
Providers, researchers, hospital leaders are expected to use the reports to help raise awareness on health disparities, develop interventions.
Agency launches new website that allows veterans to find and compare care quality at clinics in the area, while viewing real-time data on wait times.
Tool allows purchasers to estimate the number of avoidable deaths among covered lives, related financial details.
The 14-bed hospital serves all of Butte County, whose population of 2,501is spread over territory half the size of Connecticut.
Leapfrog report says many systems are showing dedication to reducing deadly medical errors.
As 1,000 patients a day still die from preventable errors, Leapfrog report shows which facilities are failing to improve.
Though new safety grades show problems persist, hundreds of hospitals are excelling at prevention based on the latest Hospital Safety Grade