The following letter was sent from Upper Chesapeake Health President/CEO Lyle E. Sheldon to The Dagger’s Cindy Mumby, in response to her story “Sepsis Infection Rates at Upper Chesapeake Health Hospitals in Harford County Among Highest in Maryland.” Dear Cindy: Thank you for your recent inquiry regarding the public information on sepsis rates that appeared […]
UPDATED: Sepsis Infection Rates at Upper Chesapeake Health Hospitals in Harford County Among Highest in Maryland
UPDATE: In response to this story, Upper Chesapeake Health President/CEO Lyle E. Sheldon sent a letter to The Dagger’s Cindy Mumby indicating “The Analysis We have Done to Date Assures Us that This is Not a Quality of Care Issue”. Sepsis infection rates reported at Upper Chesapeake Health hospitals in Harford County were among the […]
Lovett: Upper Chesapeake Sepsis Rates Extremely High Related to Other Maryland Hospitals
The following letter was sent to Ben Steffen, Executive Director of the Maryland Health Care Commission, by Patrick Lovett of Bel Air. A copy was provided to The Dagger for publication: Dear Mr. Steffen, During the past few weeks I’ve been reviewing the US governments Medicare Provider Charge data. This file http://www.cms.gov/Research-Statistics-Data-and-Systems/Statistics-Trends-and-Reports/Medicare-Provider-Charge-Data/index.html allows the public […]
