Quality health care is what we expect when we go to the hospital. But what is quality health care?

Florida Hospital believes that we must be "transparent" when it comes to health care quality, and that consumers need to know how their hospital is doing.

The first Health Care Quality Brief that will give you an overview on how Florida Hospital measures quality. This and future Quality Briefs will explain the issue at hand and the efforts we are making to maintain or improve each measure. We hope you will find them informative and useful as you hear more about the issues.

• Medicare to Implement Consumer Website - June 2007 (.pdf*)
• Hand Washing Prevents Hospital Infections - March 2007 (.pdf*)
• Patient Safety Indicator: Language Barriers- Dec. 2006 (.pdf*)
• Medication Errors- August 2006 (.pdf*)
• Creating a Culture of Safety - May 2006 (.pdf*)
• Defining Health Care Quality - Issue 1 January 2005 (.pdf*)
• Measuring Quality In Heart Attack Care - Issue 2 January 19 2005 (.pdf*)
  • Charts for Issue 2 (.pdf*)
• Quality Patient Care for "Community Acquired Pneumonia" - Issue 3 March 25 2005 (.pdf*)
• Quality Patient Care for Surgical Infection Prevention - Issue 4 May 25 2005 (.pdf*)