More Hospital Procedures = Better Patient Safety

A recent study in the journal Health Services Research found that hospitals with larger volumes of procedures have better patient safety.  

If you're scheduled for weight loss surgery or heart bypass surgery, you may want to check out how many procedures your hospital does on a yearly basis.

In the study, it was found that hospitals that have higher surgical procedures are less likely to cause unintentional injuries to patients compared to hospitals that perform them less frequently.
To find out how many procedures a hospital has done, consumers can consult with The Leapfrog Group, which is a national advocate of patient safety.

Source: Health Behavior News Service, part of the Center for Advancing Health

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