As a patient, you play a key role in the quality and safety of your own health care. The more educated you are about quality health care, the better decisions you can make for you and your family.
At Henry Ford, we are providing our data about the quality of the health care service we offer so you can be assured of the level of care you are receiving here.
What Does It All Mean?
We compare this data to other health care organizations around the country in many sections so you can see how we stack up. It's one thing to give you a number, but it's another compare to ourselves to our competitors. This quality section is among the most informative in healthcare and contains some of the most thorough and up-to-date quality information available for patients.
If you have any questions about the data you see here or what it means for your care, please submit your questions to henry@hfhs.org.
What Data Will You See?
We provide data on a number of important factors that will tell you a lot about Henry Ford's care:
OUR OVERALL CARE
Overall Satisfaction -- What Our Patients Say About Us - Feedback from patients is an important way hospitals measure and improve their patient care services. We show you what patients say about how satisfied there are with the care they've received.
Volumes-- Research has shown that hospitals that treat a higher volume of patients or perform a higher number of procedures will have better results. We list some of Henry Ford Hospital's patient volumes.
Basic Hospital Performance -- These are sets of health care quality and safety data tracked by the United States government and the Joint Commission, which accredits and certifies more than 15,000 health care organizations and programs in the United States.
Certifications -- Read how Henry Ford Hospital is accredited and certified by both government and private agencies.
Awards and Recognitions -- The care we deliver is recognized for its excellence all the time.
Stroke Care -- Here we show you how Henry Ford is doing treating our patients who have suffered from strokes
Weight Loss Surgery -- One of the more popular surgeries is bariatric or weight loss surgery. We report how well Henry Ford does in providing this care.
Transplant Surgery -- Transplant Surgery is some of the most complex and advanced medical care given. Here we report how we stack up.
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