Hospitals in western Pa. fined for high rates of potentially avoidable medical complications [View all]
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.
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