Outcomes

Outcomes
• Patient Infection Rates
• Patient Fall Rate
• Patient Pressure Ulcers
• Patient Satisfaction
• Patient-Staff Ratios
• Employee Injury Rate
• Employee Satisfaction
• Community Benefits

Safety First

At RML, we understand that superior employee safety leads to superior patient care.

Our Vision

To be the best long-term acute care hospital in the country. This vision will be defined by:

• Clinical outcomes;
• Patient satisfaction;
• Efficiency;
• Research; and
• Teaching and education.

Employee Injury Rate (DART Rate)

Employee safety measures in hospitals represent a culture of caring, an ability to facilitate collaboration between departments and attention to detail. They also support superior patient safety.

Because of the medical severity of our patients, employees providing patient care engage in continual and intense movement and activity. This leads to higher potential for accidents. Common injuries include slips, trips, falls and muscle strains due to the rigor of the job. 

An index called the DART rate is a national measure designed by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to establish and monitor per-industry standards for employee safety. DART stands for "Days Away, Restrictions and Transfers." It describes the number of injuries and illnesses that resulted in days away from work, restricted work activity and/or job transfers to another function.

There is no DART rate standard established for long term acute care hospitals. We compare to the published standard for acute care hospitals and skilled nursing facilities. The national average was 3.0 for acute care hospitals and 5.2 for skilled nursing facilities in 2007 which is the most recent data.

For fiscal year 2009, RML had a DART rate of 2.67, representing nearly a 15 percent improvement over the previous fiscal year.