Hospital report 2007 : Acute care

Under the current climate of health care Small Community Teaching LHIN Ontario Total restructuring in Ontario to LHINs, understanding the variations Hospitals Hospitals Hospitals Discharges of acute care across LHINs can assist in understanding the complement of care provided in each LHIN and support the 1 Erie St. [...] The proportion of discharges that a LHIN contributes to the total provincial discharges is driven by the number and types of hospitals within a LHIN, by the size of the population that it serves and by other population demographics. [...] High-Performing Hospitals - The Hospital for Sick Children PAGE 5 INTERPRETING THE RESULTS As there can be competing interests and incentives in the management of hospitals to maximize both quality and efficiency and to maintain a balance of resources in the context of limited resources, no single indicator or quadrant should be used to assess a hospital. [...] The reasons for the low scores Of the 23.2%, only 18.2% of hospitals monitor hand hygiene weekly within the hospital, of 0 may be due to the fact that hospitals 18.2% monitor it monthly and 9.1% of hospitals monitor hand hygiene practices annually. [...] PAGE 14 SYSTEM INTEGRATION AND CHANGE Percentage of Hospitals SUMMARY OF RESULTS (CONT’D) Results indicate a dramatic increase from 2006 to 2007 in the percentage of Percent of Hospitals With at Least 75% of Their Ambulatory Care Clinics/Services With a Formal Process hospitals that have a formal process to to Remove a Patient From the Wait List remove a patient from the wait list for at least 75%