NJ DOH reports on the percent and number of cardiac surgery patients who died while in the hospital following coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery or died after discharge from the hospital but within 30 days from the date of CABG surgery and did not have any other major procedures. Learn more.
Patient Safety Indicators (PSIs) are specifically intended to measure the occurrence rate of potentially preventable complications or adverse events that patients experience during their hospital stays. Learn more.
The Inpatient Quality Indicators (IQIs) provide inpatient mortality data for heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia, and acute stroke; utilization of selected procedures for these conditions; and volume. Learn more.
Healthcare-Associated infections (HAIs) are among the top causes of unnecessary illnesses and deaths in the United States.New Jersey acute care hospitals are required to report selected HAIs to the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN), a HAI surveillance and prevention system developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Learn more.