Data on the Illinois Hospital Report Card and consumer guide to health care Web site (healthcarereportcard.illinois.gov) has been updated. Data updates included updates to quality, infection, procedures, nurse staffing and patient safety data, was published. Hospital quality measures reported are for time-period July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2015.
Also included in this data update were:
- Updated healthcare-associated infection data on Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) and Clostridium difficile events from January 1, 2015 through December 31, 2015. A statewide aggregate report of these infections is also provided.
- Updated health care-associated infection data on central line-associated blood stream infections, based on data from January 1, 2015 through December 31, 2015. Also included is a statewide aggregate report of these infections and major contributing organisms.
- Updated the adult inpatient conditions and procedures for hospitals to include data from October 1, 2014 to September 30, 2015.
- Updated the Agency for Health Research and Quality (AHRQ) “Inpatient Quality”, “Patient Safety”, and “Pediatric Quality” measures to report data from October 1, 2014 to September 30,2015.
- Updated composite “Process of Care Measures” from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services Hospital Compare performance measure data from July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2015.
- Updated all Process of Care measures that are used to calculate the composite data and provided state/national average for July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2015 except for those measures with insufficient data.
- Updated “Satisfaction Survey Responses” data to report the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services Hospital Compare satisfaction measure data from July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2015.
- Updated Surgical Care Improvement Project measure data from July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2015.
- Updated nurse staffing data for the intensive care units, medical-surgical units, and maternal – child care units for hospitals to report data from October 1, 2014 to September 30, 2015. Updates include nursing hours per patient day and nursing skill mix. Also updated data on hospital employed and contract nurse staffing for each of the three unit types. For maternal-child care units, nurse staffing levels for Level III designated Neonatal Intensive Care Units is delineated in facilities with such designations.
- Updated Emergency Department measures on wait time from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services Hospital Compare performance measure data from July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2015.
- Updated data on the total volume of hospital emergency department visits, including the volume of patient visits admitted to hospital as well as those treated as outpatients only (treated and released) from October 1, 2014 to September 30, 2015. Also updated hospital emergency department bypass hours and the percentage of emergency department visits where patients left before being seen or against medical advice for October 1, 2014 to September 30, 2015.
- Updated state hospital designations for Trauma center and Emergency Department Approved for Pediatrics, as well as Magnet hospital designation, Baby Friendly hospital status, and Perinatal designation.
- Updated ambulatory surgical treatment centers outpatient conditions and charges on the Services page from October 1, 2014 to September 30, 2015.