Hospital safety group releases ratings for Mississippi hospitals

Eleven Mississippi hospitals have obtained an “A” security rating from nonprofit The Leapfrog Group, whereas the state’s largest hospital obtained a “C” for the fifth 12 months in a row.

The group palms out the biannual grades to about 3,000 basic acute-care hospitals nationwide primarily based on how they shield sufferers from errors, accidents, accidents and infections. Hospitals’ performances on greater than 30 nationwide metrics from the Facilities for Medicare and Medicaid Providers, the Leapfrog Hospital Survey and different information decide every well being care group’s rating. 

No Mississippi Hospitals scored an “F,” however Benefit Well being Biloxi scored a “D,” the identical it obtained in December. The grade is dictated by a hospital’s efficiency in infections, issues with surgical procedure, security issues, practices to stop errors, and docs, nurses and hospital workers.

Benefit Well being Biloxi, for instance, scored worse than common in comparison with different hospitals within the price of infections developed amongst sufferers, akin to sepsis after surgical procedures.

The College of Mississippi Medical Middle, the state’s solely tutorial medical middle, scored a “C.” The report highlights that UMMC has worse than common efficiency in comparison with different hospitals in deaths from surgical issues, split-open surgical wounds, blood infections, and affected person falls. The report additionally famous the hospital didn’t have sufficient certified nurses on workers. 

Neither UMMC or Benefit Well being Biloxi officers responded to a request for remark for the story.

Leapfrog reported that nationwide, 29% of hospitals obtained an “A,” 26% a “B,” and 39% a “C.”

Lower than 1% received an “F” and 6% obtained a “D.”  

The danger of three infections generally related to hospital stays – together with MRSA, central-line blood infections, and catheter-related urinary tract infections – spiked to a 5-year excessive in the course of the COVID-19 pandemic and stays excessive in its newest report, in keeping with Leapfrog. 

“Infections like these might be life or demise for some sufferers,” Leah Binder, president and CEO of The Leapfrog Group, stated in an announcement. “We acknowledge the large pressure the pandemic placed on hospitals and their workforce, however alarming findings like these point out hospitals should recommit to affected person security and construct extra resilience.”

Right here is the breakdown of grades for Mississippi hospitals: