IDPH: Illinois Department of Public Health
The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is a state agency that promotes the health of people in Illinois through the prevention and control of disease and injury. Consumers can access information and compare hospitals on quality, safety, patient satisfaction, patient volume, length of stay, costs of services, number of beds and pediatric quality measures by visiting their website, www.healthcarereportcard.illinois.gov/.
“IDPH has 200 different programs that benefit each state resident and visitor, although its daily activities of maintaining the public's health are rarely noticed unless a breakdown in the system occurs. With the assistance of local public health agencies, these essential programs and services make up Illinois' public health system, a system that forms a frontline defense against disease through preventive measures and education. Public health has provided the foundation for remarkable gains in saving lives and reducing suffering. When using health care facilities in Illinois, patients and their families can be assured quality of care standards have been established to ensure facilities provide health care services in a clean and safe environment that meets their physical, mental and psychological needs.”
Source: www.idph.state.il.us/about/overview.htm
Below is a list of all IDPH measures:
Heart Surgery
- Inpatient surgical care: appropriate antibiotic before coronary artery bypass (CABG) surgery
- Inpatient surgical care: timely antibiotic before coronary artery bypass (CABG) surgery
- Inpatient surgical care: antibiotic stopped at the right time after coronary artery bypass (CABG) surgery
Orthopaedics
- Inpatient surgical care: appropriate antibiotic before knee arthroplasty surgery
- Inpatient surgical care: timely antibiotic before knee arthroplasty surgery
- Inpatient surgical care: antibiotic stopped timely after knee arthroplasty surgery
Safe Care & Complications
- Central line associated blood stream infection (CLABSI) in the Medical Intensive Care Unit
- Central line associated blood stream infection (CLABSI) in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
- Central line associated blood stream infection (CLABSI) in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit
Staffing
Critical Care
- Total nursing hours per patient day (Critical Care)
- RN nursing hours per patient day (Critical Care)
- Percentage of nursing hours worked by hospital employed RNs (Critical Care)
- Percentage of nursing hours worked by contractual RNs (Critical Care)
- RN turnover rate (Critical Care)
Infection
Medical-Surgical
- Total nursing hours per patient day (Medical-Surgical)
- RN nursing hours per patient day (Medical-Surgical)
- Percentage of nursing hours worked by hospital employed RNs (Medical-Surgical)
- Percentage of nursing hours worked by contractual RNs (Medical-Surgical)
- RN turnover rate (Medical-Surgical)
Mother-Baby