Executive Director, Lifeline Horse Rescues and Rehabilitation, and LETS Program. PMP certified, Professional Life Coach Certified (CPC).
Steps forward
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs announced that 67% of VA hospitals included in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) annual Overall Hospital Quality Star Ratings received either 4 or 5 stars, compared to only 41% of non-VA hospitals. This was the first time VA hospitals were included in the #CMS Star Ratings. The CMS uses 5 categories — mortality, safety of care, readmission, patient experience, and timely and effective care — to award a quality rating for each hospital. The more stars (out of 5), the better a hospital performed on the available quality measures. These findings are the latest in a series of recent evaluations showing the effectiveness of #VA health care compared to non-VA health care. VA hospitals outperformed non-VA hospitals on all 10 core patient satisfaction metrics in the recent Hospital Consumer Assessment of #Healthcare Providers and Systems Star Ratings, and a recent systematic review of more than 40 peer-reviewed studies found that VA health care is consistently as good as — or better than — non-VA health care. To read more, go to: https://lnkd.in/dsKgFs8z
