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Why Does Quality Hospital Care Matter?
For most healthy people quality hospital care is rarely a top concern. But chances are that at some point each of us, or someone we love, will be hospitalized- for a joyful event such as the birth of a child or for treatment of a serious illness or injury.Study after study has shown that the choices hospitals make about how to allocate resources have a direct impact on patients' well being. Spending on patient care supplies and adequate staffing- instead of executive compensation and hospital expansion projects- is an indication of how a hospital prioritizes quality patient care. View the priorities of Resurrection Health Care here.
Frontline Workers Sound the Alarm
At Resurrection Health Care, Chicago's largest Catholic Health Care system, nurses and other frontline patient care workers report dramatic changes as the corporation has grown from a single community hospital to a multihospital system with revenues topping one billion dollars a year.
Among employees, concern is growing that budgetary decisions are resulting in conditions that could place patients at risk. Evidence from public health authorities, healthcare purchasers and healthcare policy experts indicate that these concerns are well-founded.
A Call for Quality Care at Resurrection Health Care
Employees are joining together to advocate for better staffing and greater investment in life-saving equipment and supplies, and a real voice in patient care matters. Community residents, physicians and patients can support their efforts by:- Using this site to get the facts on Resurrection's quality record
- Sharing stories and experiences with care at Resurrection hospitals
- Joining the effort to win safe nurse staffing legislation (visit www.RN2RN.org for more information)
One key indicator of hospital quality for potential patients is how many deficiencies a hospital has been cited on by public health authorities. Below is a graph that illustrates the alarming increase in deficiencies at Resurrection hospitals over the past five years.
Source: Based on records obtained through Freedom of Information requests from the Illinois Department of Public Health