Back to Florida… the home of many workers comp payers’ nightmares.
This time in Miami – where we find Kendall Hospital. A large teaching hospital, level 1 trauma center, and…the most costly facility within a 10-mile radius.
Combining scores for patient safety, clinical outcomes, patient engagement and cost, Kendall Hospital ranks 6th out of 7 local facilities with a score of NEGATIVE .17 – largely due to its high cost but also because of its unpopularity with patients and below average clinical outcomes.
Kendall earns the worst score possible of -10 for cost – and for years has been one of the most expensive facilities in the area. Of the facilities in the area receiving a grade for patient satisfaction, Kendall ranks last with just a .8 out of 10 and scores a 3 out of 10 in clinical outcomes.
There’s one nearby hospital that scores waaaaay better on Health Strategy Associate’ proprietary Facility Assessment Tool; Larkin Community Hospital.
Larkin Community Hospital, earns a 0 for relative price (the LOWER the score for price the better)– the top score for the metric. It also scores 7 out of 10 for clinical outcomes (more than twice Kendall) and has a high patient safety rating at 8.3 out of 10.
Put it all together, and Larkin comes in as one of the top-rated facilities in all of Florida.
What does this mean for you?
Two things…how many of your patients are going to a very costly hospital with poor scores on patient safety and clinical outcomes?
And what are you going to do about it?
This post penned by Jay Stith, the brains behind HSA”s Facility Assessment Tool (c).
