MedStar Washington Hospital Center Gets Low Marks From Staff on Key Safety Issues

(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