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- Title
Imperfect measure of hospital safety.
- Authors
Vogel, Lauren
- Abstract
The article discusses the ineffectiveness of an initiative taken by the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) to measure hospital's safety practices in Canada. Medical professionals are criticizing an online tool developed by CIHI as it lacks data on several issues including hospital-acquired infections, medication errors, in-hospital acquired injuries. In addition to these topics, professionals are interested in seeing data on avoidable admissions and patient experience in the tool.
- Subjects
CANADA; RATINGS of hospitals; HOSPITAL safety measures; HOSPITAL admission &; discharge data processing; NOSOCOMIAL infections; HOSPITAL administration; MEDICATION errors; ONLINE databases
- Publication
Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ), 2012, Vol 184, Issue 9, pE451
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1503/cmaj.109-4186