At Winona Health, our quality and safety goal is to create peace of mind by providing compassionate, personalized care to our family, friends and neighbors. Our quality and patient safety standards are:
- SAFETY: Do no harm.
- COURTESY: Be kind, caring and selfless.
- PERFORMANCE: Deliver an excellent care experience.
- EFFECTIVENESS: Obtain results by design.
Great care is safe care at Winona Health, all employees are required to actively participate in promoting safety. We also believe people can make better decisions about their health care if they have accurate information. That is why Winona Health monitors hundreds of quality indicators and benchmarks ourselves to local, state and national standards.
Quality and Safety Measures
At Winona Health, ensuring the safest possible patient care is our most important goal. That’s why Winona Health is consistently looking at ways to improve health care quality and provide an excellent patient experience. Working with the Institute for Health Care Improvement (IHI), Minnesota Healthcare Association (MHA) and various regulatory agencies, Winona Health is working to improve quality of care and provide patients with the information they need to make health care decisions.
Independent Quality Reports
There are several agencies that provide patients with independent evaluations of Winona Health as compared to other hospitals in the region or nationwide. Winona Health submits data to a variety of reputable state and national organizations that benchmark Winona Health’s outcome measures against other healthcare providers.
Publicly reported data includes hospital charges and information on quality and safety. This information serves to provide healthcare consumers a foundation for more informed decision-making and provides a framework for hospitals, clinics, and their providers to pursue excellence through continuous improvement.
Check out the following for current data and information:
Hospital Compare was created through the efforts of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), along with the Hospital Quality Alliance (HQA). The HQA is a public-private collaboration established to promote reporting on hospital quality of care. Hospital Compare was created by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the American Hospital Association, and many other groups. Winona Health voluntarily submits data to this site.
To view Winona Health’s current report, follow the instructions below.
1. Click here to visit the Hospital Compare website.
2. In the search bar, enter Winona’s zip code (55987) or Winona, MN. Then click Search.
3. To compare reports check the box next for up to three health care systems.
4. Once you have selected up to three, click Compare Now.
5. Your report will load in a new page.
Nursing Home Compare is a tool with detailed information about every Medicare and Medicaid-certified nursing home in the country.
To view Lake Winona Manor’s current report, follow the instructions below.
1. Click here to visit the Nursing Home Compare website.
2. In the search bar, enter Winona’s zip code (55987) or Winona, MN. Then click Search.
3. To compare reports check the box next for up to nursing homes.
4. Once you have selected up to three, click Compare Now.
5. Your report will load in a new page.
To view Winona Health’s current report, follow the instructions below.
1. Click here to visit the HealthScores website.
2. Select if you would like to view information regarding clinics (Winona Health Family Medicine, Urgent Care or Winona Clinic), medical groups (Winona Health in general) or hospitals (Winona Health’s inpatient unit).
3. In the search bar, enter Winona’s zip code (55987) or Winona, MN. Then click Search.
4. To view a specific report, click on the location name (for example “Winona Clinic”).
5. Your report will load in a new page.
* Winona Health does not submit quality data to LeapFrog.
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