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Nursing Care

Nursing care at BIDMC is dedicated to providing the highest quality of care and safety to our patients. As part of this commitment, BIDMC nursing puts itself "under the microscope" and monitors several nursing core areas for quality and safety. Below you can see how we are doing in several key aspects of nursing care, including pressure ulcers and patient falls.

For more information about each measure and its benchmark, click on the name of the measure.

Nursing Care	BIDMC Performance Q1 FY 13	Benchmark Comparison ¹	BIDMC Goal ²
Pressure Ulcers - Stage II & Above: Medical Units A lower score is better.	0.00%	1.19%	0%
Pressure Ulcers - Stage II & Above: Medical-Surgical Units A lower score is better.	0.00%	1.30%	0%

Nursing Care	BIDMC Performance Q1 FY 13	Benchmark Comparison ¹	BIDMC Goal ²
Patient Falls - Medical Units A lower score is better.	3.34	3.48	2.49
Patient Falls -Medical-Surgical Units A lower score is better.	2.50	3.92	2.05

¹ Source of comparison data is Massachusetts PatientCareLink.
²The 2013 Goal for BIDMC is based on a review of a nationally recognized database of comparable institutions.

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Last updated: April 8, 2013

Contact Information

Silverman Institute for Health Care Quality and Safety
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
330 Brookline Ave
Boston, MA 02215
617-667-1325