Hospital Mortality rate

This article was typed on December 14, 2007. I felt it should follow my earlier article.

Last week the Canadian Institute for Health Information ) CIHI) published the mortality rates in hospitals all across Canada, a list which included St. Catharines General Hospital as one of the five worst hospital for mortality rates in Canada. This week Health Minster Smitherman introduced some very interesting requirements Ontario Hospitals must follow starting in 2008

Starting in April of 2008 the ministry will require all hospitals involved in Ontario Wait Time Strategy to report infection rates in the areas.

By the end of July, 2008 the Ministry will introduce a regulation for all provincial hospitals to inform patients about medical errors.

By 2008 the Ministry will have passed a regulation that would require all hospitals to report their mortality data without exemption to ensure this information continues to drive much needed improvements to patient safety.

For years Canadian Hospitals Administrators have known the death rates inside their hospitals but they were never publicized.

All hospitals along with all forms of media have no reason whatever for not informing the public of these regulations