GDAHA Publications

Quality of Care Report

Latest Release: May 2007

Quality of care is measured in part through mortality or rate of death, length of stay, and process of care. These data elements are tracked and analyzed for a variety of procedures and conditions. Since the beginning of the project, the group wanted to assure data would be valid, reliable, actionable, risk-adjusted, representative of the patient population (with an appropriate mix of medical and surgical cases), and community-based to include measures of disease at the community level. The goal is to have data usable by a variety of audiences, including internal use by the hospitals.

The current set of procedures and conditions tracked includes coronary artery bypass graft (CABG), acute myocardial infarction (AMI) or heart attack, congestive heart failure, pneumonia, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), laminectomy, major joint replacement, gastrointestinal hemorrhage, and stroke.

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