I think there will be issues here as far as being completely accurate as there may be other factors that enter in to the process as well...did the patient have some of these conditions before being admitted as an example...or was it missed on the chart when the patient was admitted for a simple example...BD
The New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation, the nations largest public health system, plans to begin publicly releasing data today on infection and death rates at its 11 hospitals, in response to widespread concern about deadly, preventable and costly hospital-acquired conditions and pressure to crack open the shrouded culture of many hospitals.
While the new data available on the Web site includes some measures of mortality rates, it was not possible for the city hospitals to report the number of deaths caused by hospital-acquired conditions, a complicated assessment that should take into account patients’ medical histories, Mr. Aviles said.
New York City Puts Hospital Error Data Online - New York Times
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