Southeast Health like many hospitals across the nation is intensely focused on improving the quality of care that is provided. One way we stay focused on quality improvement is to keep track of patient outcomes for certain procedures. Another way is to keep track of patient injuries and infections that occur in the hospital. We report this data to organizations that benchmark our data against others nationally. At Southeast Health we believe that transparent public reporting accelerates quality outcomes. Once we have mastered any given quality indicator, we begin working on new indicators because we want to continually get better for our patients. This information is updated periodically throughout the year and can be found at the websites listed below:

Hospital Compare

Hospital Compare has information about the quality of care at over 4,000 Medicare certified hospitals across the country. You can use Hospital Compare to find hospitals and compare the quality of their care. The information on Hospital Compare helps you make decisions about where you get your health care. Compare hospitals by clicking here.

The Leapfrog Group

To provide the safest, high-quality care, hospitals must have appropriate policies and technology in place to manage and reduce errors. From the right expertise in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU), to a computerized system for entering prescriptions, to hospital-wide policies designed to protect patients—these are the areas that have the biggest impact on patient outcomes. Compare hospitals by clicking here.

Hospital Safety Score

The Hospital Safety Score uses national performance measures from the Leapfrog Hospital Survey, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), and the American Hospital Association’s Annual Survey and Health Information Technology Supplement. Taken together, those performance measures produce a single score representing a hospital’s overall performance in keeping patients safe from preventable harm and medical errors. The Hospital Safety Score includes 30 measures, all currently in use by national measurement and reporting programs. Compare hospitals by clicking here.