MedStar Washington Hospital Center Gets Low Marks From Staff on Key Safety Issues
Wednesday, July 23, 2014
(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)Staff
at the region’s largest private hospital —
MedStar Washington HospitalCenter
— have given it consistently low marks in key
areas of patient safety over the
past four years, according to results
released Friday. Washington Hospital
Center officials released results from
2012 and 2014 after the National Labor
Relations Board ruled in favor of the
nurses union, which has been seeking the 2012
survey data. It was the first
time the hospital released any of the survey
results. Stephen Frum, chief shop
steward for National Nurses United, which
represents the hospital’s 1,900
nurses, said the union was pleased the hospital
released the information. “It’s
unfortunate we had to go through all this
litigation to get that data,” he said Friday. “We look forward
to collaborating with management to
improve safety.” WHC scored below average on
a majority of the issues
surveyed. - adapted from
Lena Sun’s 7/21 report in The Washington
Post