Hospitals in western Pa. fined for high rates of potentially avoidable medical complications

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Several hospitals with ties to Western Pennsylvania are being slapped with fines for ranking among the 25% worst-performing nationwide when it comes to rates of potentially avoidable patient conditions such as infections and injuries.

Among those being penalized this year for hospital-acquired conditions, based on patient data from 2017 through 2019:
• UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside
• UPMC East in Monroeville
• UPMC Memorial in York
• Excela Health’s Frick Hospital in Mt. Pleasant.

During a typical day in the United States, 1 in 31 hospital patients suffer from at least one health care-related infection, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports.

Look up which hospitals are being fined nationwide via Kaiser Health News’ searchable database.

https://triblive.com/local/regional/western-pa-hospitals-penalized-for-high-rates-of-avoidable-patient-infections-injuries/

[Ohiogal]

1. Wow

Isn’t UPMC just about the only choice in the Pittsburgh - western PA region?

[unweird]

2. Allegheny Health Network

It’s part of Highmark who is waging a battle with UPMC for the medical market in western PA.

[White Fox]

3. Ridiculous patient load, exhausted nurses due to Covid...AND

Massive understaffing by hedgefund managed hospital chains.

The fines will be a slap on the wrist, they (the hospitals) won't change their staffing
because they don't actually want to improve patient care, just make money.
A feature of our for-profit healthcare system.

The wrong people are in charge of our hospitals and nursing homes.