Patients and families have a right to know about the quality of care they receive at Owatonna Hospital. That's why we monitor the quality of our care constantly and use it to guide our quality improvement initiatives. Our standards of care are based on suggestions by non-profit and governmental institutions that base their recommendations on scientific knowledge and research.
We voluntarily participate in several state and national initiatives that allow us to show our performance using information technology for real time viewing and comparisons.
Minnesota became the first state in the nation with 100 percent of hospital's agreeing to provide information to The Leapfrog Group, a national patient safety organization that compiles patient safety data for review by the public.
To access data on Owatonna Hospital's progress toward nationally recommended safety practices, take these steps:
Follow the instructions to find Owatonna Hospital either by zip code, city and state, state, or hospital name.
Hospital Compare
Hospital Compare was created through the efforts of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and organizations that represent hospitals, doctors, employers, accrediting organizations, other federal agencies and the public. The Web site allows patients and families to compare the performance of virtually all the nation's acute care hospitals on 18 common quality measures for heart attack, heart failure and pneumonia care.
To see how well Owatonna Hospital and other hospitals in your area care for all their adult patients with certain medical conditions, take these steps:
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