(Courtesy of Englewood Hospital and Medical Center) Englewood Hospital and Medical Center has received the Healthgrades 2018 Patient Safety Excellence Award^™, a designation that recognizes superior performance of hospitals that have prevented the occurrence of serious, potentially avoidable complications for patients during hospital stays. The distinction places Englewood Hospital among the top 5 percent of all short-term acute-care hospitals in the nation, reporting patient safety data for its excellent performance as evaluated by Healthgrades, the leading online resource for comprehensive information about physicians and hospitals. Englewood Hospital is the only hospital in Bergen County, New Jersey, in the top 5 percent of Patient Safety Excellence Award recipients.

During the 2014 to 2016 study period, Healthgrades found that patients treated in hospitals receiving the Patient Safety Excellence Award were, on average:

55.6 percent less likely to experience an accidental cut, puncture, perforation or hemorrhage during medical care than patients treated at non-recipient hospitals

52.4 percent less likely to experience a collapsed lung due to a procedure or surgery in or around the chest than patients treated at non-recipient hospitals

62.8 percent less likely to experience catheter-related bloodstream infections acquired at the hospital than patients treated at non-recipient hospitals

54.3 percent less likely to experience pressure sores or bed sores acquired in the hospital than patients treated at non-recipient hospitals

During the study period (2014 to 2016), Healthgrades 2018 Patient Safety Excellence Award recipient hospitals demonstrated excellent performance in safety provided for patients in the Medicare population, as measured by objective outcomes (risk-adjusted patient safety indicator rates) for 13 patient safety indicators defined by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).

If all hospitals achieved the average performance of award recipients for each of the 13 Patient Safety Indicators evaluated, during the 2014 to 2016 study period, 126,342 patient safety events could have been avoided.

“As the healthcare industry continues to put more deserved attention on quality and value, our efforts to improve patient safety are unwavering,” said Warren Geller, president and CEO of Englewood Hospital and Medical Center. “Earning the Patient Safety Excellence Award from Healthgrades is a testament to the tireless efforts of our entire staff that work to ensure that our patients receive the best, and safest, medical care.”