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The Regional Medical Center has a failing grade for patient safety in the latest survey by a national hospital safety watchdog group.
But the hospital s chief executive officer says the survey group is becoming increasingly irrelevant to what insurance companies as well as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid and other hospitals use as improvement indicators. When they started work very many years ago, they had a very noble thing to do, RMC Interim CEO and President Kirk Wilson said. Many insurance companies signed on and supported them, but they have been increasingly irrelevant to the insurance field and hospitals.
COVID vaccines arriving but virus spread increases in Santa Barbara County
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - Santa Barbara County health officials are reporting a steep surge in positive COVID-19 cases as the first batch of the long-awaited coronavirus vaccine arrives.
On Monday, 360 cases were reported followed by 207 new cases on Tuesday. Monday s case total is the highest single-day increase since cases began being tracked back in Spring.
Santa Barbara County Public Health Director Dr. Van Do-Reynoso says the rise in cases is directly connected to gatherings during Thanksgiving week. This surge in cases falls just over two weeks after the Thanksgiving holiday, she said. It is directly related to the gathering of family and friends as we had predicted.
Two Midlands hospitals are above the rest when it comes to safety in new report card
Dec. 14 Two Midlands hospitals stand out in safety grades released by a medical watchdog group Monday.
Prisma Health Baptist Parkridge continues to be ranked as one of the safest hospitals in South Carolina, according to the Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade.
Joining it is Lexington Medical Center, which was rated among the safest hospitals as well. The Columbia and Lexington hospitals received the highest grade from the Leapfrog Group, which issues biannual safety rankings.
Since 2012, the Leapfrog Group has published Hospital Safety Scores twice a year once in the spring and once during the fall to create transparency in the U.S. health system. The rating is focused on errors, accidents, injuries and infections.
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