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Quality at Northwestern Medicine Valley West Hospital

Northwestern Medicine Valley West Hospital is a critical access hospital in Sandwich, Illinois, that has served the Fox Valley community for more than 70 years. In 2014, construction of a new patient wing and renovations to remaining areas of the hospital were completed, including a new MRI suite that is home to one of the only large bore MRI in the area. Valley West earned 100 percent quality core measure scores by The Joint Commission three out of four quarters in fiscal year 2015.

 

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Medical Care

Our medical care quality measures encompass all medical specialties that are not related to cancer, pregnancy & newborn care, or safe care & complications.

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Pregnancy & Newborn Care

Caring for women is what we do at Northwestern Medicine.
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Patient Satisfaction

Patient satisfaction is an important element in healthcare quality, which is why we have the goal of delivering exceptional care for each and every patient.
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Safe Care

Several national research and patient care quality organizations have developed lists of practices that should result in better, safer, more effective care.
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Infection

Infection is a recognized risk of medical care, and the risk increases for patients who have catheters (tubes) inserted.
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National Comparisons

We are constantly scanning national resources to identify valid and reliable measures of hospital quality.
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