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The Department of Health and Senior Services released its first report on Patient Safety Indicators (PSIs) on October 14, 2009. The PSIs report came out as part of the 2009 Hospital Performance Report (HPR). A Bill was signed in August 2009, by Governor Jon S. Corzine, requiring that hospital-specific data on 12 selected patient safety indicators be included in the annual New Jersey Hospital Performance Report. A brief summary of the Patient Safety Indicator report is included in the HPR, while a detailed Patient Safety Indicator - Technical Report prepared as a supplement to the HPR is posted here. This report gives health professionals, policy makers and consumers one more tool they can use in making important health care decisions. The report includes background information on the AHRQ QI tools, how they are used to compare hospital performance, guides on interpreting PSI estimates, and detailed definitions of the 12 inpatient quality indicators selected for public reporting.
Releasing the report is consistent with the Department’s effort in public reporting of hospital quality performance as an important tool in advancing health care quality improvement.
Published Reports:
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Office of Health Care Quality Assessment
