Quality of Care: Board Certified Physicians

ACH has Board Certified Intensivists managing the care of patients 24 hours a day, 7 days a week in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU), Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), and Heart Center.

How to interpret this data: The higher the number, the better. Research shows that a higher number of board certified physicians leads to better quality of care.

Scientific evidence suggests that quality of care in hospital ICUs is strongly influenced by whether intensivists are providing care and the staff organization in the ICU.

Mortality rates are significantly lower in hospitals with ICUs managed exclusively by board-certified intensivists. Research has shown that in ICUs where intensivists manage or co-manage all patients versus low intensity there is a 30% reduction in hospital mortality and a 40% reduction in ICU mortality.

Source: The Leapfrog Group

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