Scottsdale Healthcare is for profit inpatient rehabilitation services provider in Arizona State. The facility provides rehabilitation services to Arizona residents without interfering with their cultural life. Among the leading conditions that are treated at the facility are; stroke, brain conditions, and brain injuries.
The metrics that I will look on are complication rates, effectiveness of the care, infections, prevention, readmissions and successful cases. According to Medicare information, the complication rates that occurred at the facility stood at 0.5%. This means there were patients who developed other condition while undergoing the treatment. This figure is much better compared to 1.9% that Encompass Health Rehab Hospital of Scottsdale recorded, but, Globalrehab - Scottsdale, LLC had a figure that was too low that is, 0.2%.
The infection rates were too low at the facility. The rate stood at 0.00%. This means there were no cases of Clostridium Difficile Infection (CDI) and Catheter-associated urinary tract infections. Globalrehab - Scottsdale, LLC which operates in the same region has a rate of 0.095% of CDI. The readmission rate in the facility was 6.77%, this figure was higher than the national figure that stood at 6.74%. This means that the patients who were discharged from the facility had a higher chance of being re admitted. Encompass Health Rehab Hospital of Scottsdale and Globalrehab - Scottsdale, LLC had 6.03% and 6.51% respectively.
The effective care score for the facility was 100%, this means at the end of the day all the cases that case to the facility recorded improvement and recovery. The score was the same in Globalrehab and at Encompass Health Rehab Hospital the score was 99.1%. The prevention rate which looked on whether the medical staffs were vaccinated against Influenza for the facility stood at 83.2%, Globalrehab 79.9% and for Encompass Health Rehab Hospital was 89.7% (Medicare.gov, 2020).
The rate of successful cases in the facility was 62.45%, Globalrehab 69.74% and for Encompass Health Rehab Hospital was 67.12%. This shows that the other providers in the region were doing much better compared to the Scottsdale Healthcare. The main goal of Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility is to take back the patients being better to the family, friends and community. Scottsdale Healthcare though it works toward that goals it is not better compared to the surrounding providers of the same services.
The outcomes of the above metrics place the facility in a competitive environment. Globalrehab considering its higher rate of successful cases and lower rates of infection is in a better position to win clients (Medicare.gov, 2020). But, when choosing the best facility a compromise needs to be reached because each facility has its own strength which counts as far as medical care is concerned. The lower score of successful cases compared other providers can make the facility lack support from the government and other health care partners like insurance companies.
Scottsdale Healthcare is a desirable provider since its score is better than the national figures but the facility need to work on the number of patients who are discharged. A thorough checkup is important to ensure the rate of success goes up. No patient should be discharged with conditions that can result to re-hospitalization. Also, the facility needs to monitor the patients keenly so that the rate of complications can go down.
The metrics that I will look on are complication rates, effectiveness of the care, infections, prevention, readmissions and successful cases. According to Medicare information, the complication rates that occurred at the facility stood at 0.5%. This means there were patients who developed other condition while undergoing the treatment. This figure is much better compared to 1.9% that Encompass Health Rehab Hospital of Scottsdale recorded, but, Globalrehab - Scottsdale, LLC had a figure that was too low that is, 0.2%.
The infection rates were too low at the facility. The rate stood at 0.00%. This means there were no cases of Clostridium Difficile Infection (CDI) and Catheter-associated urinary tract infections. Globalrehab - Scottsdale, LLC which operates in the same region has a rate of 0.095% of CDI. The readmission rate in the facility was 6.77%, this figure was higher than the national figure that stood at 6.74%. This means that the patients who were discharged from the facility had a higher chance of being re admitted. Encompass Health Rehab Hospital of Scottsdale and Globalrehab - Scottsdale, LLC had 6.03% and 6.51% respectively.
The effective care score for the facility was 100%, this means at the end of the day all the cases that case to the facility recorded improvement and recovery. The score was the same in Globalrehab and at Encompass Health Rehab Hospital the score was 99.1%. The prevention rate which looked on whether the medical staffs were vaccinated against Influenza for the facility stood at 83.2%, Globalrehab 79.9% and for Encompass Health Rehab Hospital was 89.7% (Medicare.gov, 2020).
The rate of successful cases in the facility was 62.45%, Globalrehab 69.74% and for Encompass Health Rehab Hospital was 67.12%. This shows that the other providers in the region were doing much better compared to the Scottsdale Healthcare. The main goal of Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility is to take back the patients being better to the family, friends and community. Scottsdale Healthcare though it works toward that goals it is not better compared to the surrounding providers of the same services.
The outcomes of the above metrics place the facility in a competitive environment. Globalrehab considering its higher rate of successful cases and lower rates of infection is in a better position to win clients (Medicare.gov, 2020). But, when choosing the best facility a compromise needs to be reached because each facility has its own strength which counts as far as medical care is concerned. The lower score of successful cases compared other providers can make the facility lack support from the government and other health care partners like insurance companies.
Scottsdale Healthcare is a desirable provider since its score is better than the national figures but the facility need to work on the number of patients who are discharged. A thorough checkup is important to ensure the rate of success goes up. No patient should be discharged with conditions that can result to re-hospitalization. Also, the facility needs to monitor the patients keenly so that the rate of complications can go down.
