2006 Michigan Health and Safety Coalition Consumer Report

Survey Results for War Memorial Hospital

In the Annual Volume Results column, the lower bar always represents the Coalition's recommended volume and the upper bar always represents the hospital's volume. The actual volume numbers are displayed below the bars.

Click the links in the Treatment Area column to view the survey results for a specific treatment.

Treatment Area

Activity Results

Annual Volume Results

Open Heart Surgery

n/a

Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

n/a

Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair

n/a

Carotid Endarterectomy Surgery


4 (actual volume)


50 (coalition threshold)

Esophagectomy

n/a

Low Birthweight Infants

n/a

Infants with Congenital Anomalies

n/a

Intensive Care Unit Physician Staffing (IPS)

n/a

Hospital Comments

Carotid Endarterectomy Surgery

We have one surgeon who performs carotid endarterectomies, but she is doing fewer and fewer of them -- question if she plans on continuing this procedure. Although her outcomes are good, she seems to be moving in a different direction.

Intensive Care Unit Physician Staffing (IPS)

We participate in the Keystone ICU project and have implemented daily goals, bloodstream infection elimination, ventilator-associated pneumonia elimination.

General Comments on Patient Safety Activities

We have teams which focus on each of the JCAHO National Patient Safety Goals Patient satisfaction surveys definitely consider patient safety issues Participation in the Keystone ICU Project Participation in NRMI 5 Risk Assessment focus reviews - to date OB and ER have been evaluated