Safety and Quality - Memorial Hospital West
At Memorial Healthcare System we truly value our Patient First culture. Safety, quality and service are the keys to excellence in patient- and family-centered care, and we are constantly implementing leading-edge initiatives to help ensure we provide the best care to our patients. Our goal is to make Memorial Healthcare System the safest healthcare system in America.
Memorial Hospital West is top-ranked in quality — surpassing national, state and local averages in providing quality care in the following areas:
(Overall quality represents the areas of heart attack, heart failure,
pneumonia, and the prevention of surgical infections.)
Memorial is a national leader in patient satisfaction – exceeding national, South Florida and Broward County averages, with more of our patients indicating they would “definitely recommend” our hospitals.
* The above information represents the most current statistics from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) (12 months ending June 30, 2007). CMS and its collaborators in the Hospital Quality Alliance (HQA) and the nation’s hospitals are working together to create and publicly report hospital quality information. This information measures how well hospitals care for their adult patients, regardless of whether the care was paid for by Medicare, Medicaid or a private health insurance plan.
** Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (Results of hospital adult patient satisfaction surveys, October 2006 through June 2007) hospitalcompare.hhs.gov
*** Average of participating hospitals
- Memorial Statistics
- Memorial Safety and Quality Programs
- National and State Safety and Quality Resources