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ACT 53 Hospital Report card

The categories of hospital information listed on this page collectively form the comprehensive "Act 53 Hospital Report Card." You can access all the categories of information from the links below.   

The links for the quality of care and patient satisfaction information will take you to the website of the Vermont Department of Banking, Insurance, Securities and Health Care Administration (BISHCA).  There, you will find information about our hospital's performance, and also information about the performance of other community hospitals in Vermont.  BISHCA's website also includes the financial data for all Vermont community hospitals. 

The links for the other Act 53-related categories listed below will take you to the corresponding information posted on our own website.  

 

 QUALITY OF CARE 
 

COMPARE QUALITY OF CARE FOR ALL VERMONT HOSPITALS on BISHCA's Hospital Report Card website.
What you'll find there:

See how Brattleboro Memorial Hospital scored on more than 20 indicators of quality of hospital care, including these sub-categories:
  Heart Attack Care
  Heart Failure Care
  Pneumonia Care
  Surgical Infection Prevention
  Volume and Mortality for Selected Procedures

Click here for more info on quality of care initiatives at BMH (PDF)

  PROGRESS IN ADOPTING SAFETY INITIATIVES
  Progress in adopting safety initiatives
READ ABOUT HOSPITAL SAFE PRACTICES on Brattleboro Memorial Hospital's website
What you'll find there:
Survey responses about hand hygiene, surgical site infection prevention and central venous catheter related bloodstream infection prevention (three components of The Leapfrog Group Quality and Safety Survey)
  QUALITY IMPROVEMENT INITIATIVES 
  READ ABOUT QUALITY IMPROVEMENT INITIATIVES  on Brattleboro Memorial Hospital website
What you'll find there:

What Brattleboro Memorial Hospital has done to make patient care safer and more effective, including these sub-categories:
  Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Projects
  Quality Improvement Contact Information
  PATIENT SATISFACTION 
  COMPARE PATIENT SATISFACTION FOR ALL VERMONT HOSPITALS on BISHCA's Hospital Report Card website.
What you'll find there:
How [Hospital Name]'s patients rated their hospital experiences
  Inpatient Medical/Surgical Services
HOSPITAL PRICING
  COMPARE PRICING FOR ALL VERMONT HOSPITALS  on BISHCA's Hospital Report Card Website.
What you'll find there:
Prices for High Volume Inpatient Services
Prices for High Volume and Common Outpatient Services
  FINANCIAL REPORTS  
  SEE FINANCIAL INFORMATION ON BRATTLEBORO MEMORIAL HOSPITAL'S WEBSITE
What you'll find there:
Figures on cost of care, cost shifting, comparisons of Brattleboro Memorial Hospital financial information to state averages, and measures of financial health:
  Summary of Budget
  Financial Health and Benchmarks
  Cost Shift Information
  Capital Expenditure Information
  Optional Hospital-Specific Budget Information/Contact Info
  COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT 
  READ A SUMMARY OF THE COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT FOR Brattleboro Memorial Hospital
This document describes the health care needs of the local population served by each hospital. It is based on data from the Vermont Department of Health as well as input from a public engagement process.
 HOSPITAL GOVERNANCE, PROCESS FOR OPENNESS
     AND PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
 
  FIND OUT ABOUT BRATTLEBORO MEMORIAL HOSPITAL GOVERNANCE
Learn who is on Brattleboro Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees, how they are selected, and how the public can take part in our hospital activities, including
   Public Meeting Schedule
   Contact Information
  IF YOU HAVE A COMPLAINT
  SEE HOW TO FILE A COMPLAINT AT BRATTLEBORO MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
Tell us if you are concerned about the care you or someone else received at this hospital.  
 
 
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