The Safe Patient Project is a Consumers Union campaign focused on eliminating medical harm, improving FDA oversight of prescription drugs and promoting disclosure laws that give information to consumers about health care safety and quality.
State Disclosure Reports
Alabama
California
- Healthcare-Associated Infections in California Hospitals Annual Report Source: CA Department of Public Health (Wednesday February 10, 2016)
- Clostridium difficile Infection (CDI) in California Hospitals, 2011
- California Hospital Infection Reports
Colorado
Connecticut
- Connecticut Health Care Associated Infections (HAIs) Hospital-specific Reports
- CT Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (CLABSI) Source: State of Connecticut (Monday September 17, 2012)
- Connecticut Adverse Event Report (2011)
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Illinois
Indiana
Kansas
- Kansas Healthcare-Associated Infections Reports Source: This report is not hospital specific; to look up your hospital's infection record, go to http://www.medicare.gov/hospitalcompare/. (Monday October 7, 2013)
Maine
- Maine 2013 Hospital Infections Report Source: Maine Quality Forum (Friday April 26, 2013)
- January 2010 Hospital-Aquired Infection Report from Maine
- Health care associated infections in Maine: 2009
Maryland
Massachusetts
Minnesota
- Adverse Health Events-10 Year Program Evaluation
- Jan 2014 Adverse Events report
- Minnesota Hospital Quality Report
Missouri
New Hampshire
- New Hampshire 2012 Healthcare-Associated Infections Reports for Hospitals and Ambulatory Surgery Centers Source: New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services (Thursday August 15, 2013)
- NH Healthcare-Associated Infections 2011 Source: NH Department of Health and Human Services (Friday March 1, 2013)
- NH Healthcare-Associated Infections 2009 Report
New Jersey
- NJ 2012 report
- New Jersey Hospital-Aquired Infection page with links to all reports
- NJ 2011 Hospital Performance Report
- Ambulatory Surgery Center Inspection Reports
- Full Versions of All Hospital Quality Reports
- NJ 2010 Hospital Performance Report
- NJ: Find and compare hospital quality care
- New Jersey health care associated central line bloodstream infections 2009
New Mexico
New York
- Hospital-acquired Infections NY State 2014
- New York Hospital-Acquired Infections Reports Source: New York State Department of Health (Saturday September 1, 2012)
North Carolina
- Healthcare-Associated Infections in North Carolina 2012
- Healthcare-Associated Infections in North Carolina 2013 Source: NC Department of Health and Human Services (Monday April 28, 2014)
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
- Oregon Healthcare Acquired Infections Reports Source: Oregon Health Authority (Thursday June 14, 2012)
- Hospital infection report for 2009 (11/10)
Pennsylvania
- Healthcare-Associated Infections in Pennsylvania 2014 Report
- Cardiac Surgery in Pennsylvania 2008-2009
- Pennsylvania Hospital-acquired Infections-Research Brief
- Pennsylvania Hospital-acquired Infections (2006)
- PA Hospital Performance Report 2008
- PA: Hospital Performance Reports 1987-2008
- Pennsylvania: Hospital acquired infections in 2006 (4/08)
- Pennsylvania: Hospital infections (7/05)
- Pennsylvania: Who pays (11/05)
- Pennsylvania Cost to Insurers of Hospital-acquired Infections (2006)
- Pennsylvania: MRSA (8/06)
- Pennsylvania: Hospital-specific rates in 2005 (11/06)
- Pennsylvania: C-difficile (5/07)
- PA: Hospital-specific patient infection rates (2005)
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
Antibiotic Resistance
Extending the Cure tracks changes in antibiotic resistance levels across regions of the United States, covering common bacteria-drug combinations. The ResistanceMap tells a story of growing resistance to commonly used antibiotics and identifies regional differences in resistance levels.
To Delay is Deadly
98,000 people die each year needlessly because of preventable medical harm. Efforts to reduce this are few and fragmented. With little transparency and no public reporting (except where hard fought state laws now require it), scarce data does not paint a picture of real progress.
In this report (PDF) we give the country a failing grade on progress on select recommendations we believe necessary to create a health-care system free of preventable medical harm.