Infographic: Hospital Investment Report

DC Hospitals Deliver More Than Medicine
DC hospitals are a driving force in community and economic development for the District of Columbia and beyond. Download and share this infographic to promote the benefits of hospitals-beyond just delivering medicine and care. The investment report highlights DC hospital contributions to uncompensated care, charity care, bad debt, community improvement projects, health professionals education, capital improvement projects, payroll and benefits and more.

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One Organ Donor Can Save Up to Eight Lives

One Organ Donor Can Save Up to Eight Lives
Organ, eye and tissue donation is one of the most generous and incredible acts that a person can do. It can have such a positive and profound impact on not only the people whose lives are saved, but their families, friends and communities. So, it’s important to know the process and understand how it works. Just last year, more than 35,000 patients were helped thanks to benevolent donors in the Metro DC area.

Please feel free use and share the infographic and social media graphics about the organ donor process. If you need other graphics, contact Jen Hirt.

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2020 Patient Safety & Quality Awards

DC hospitals work every day to deliver compassionate, quality and safe patient care. DCHA is honored to highlight the incredible work of our member hospitals and their champions through a generous contribution from Ascension. DCHA will present awards to one clinical professional and one non-clinical professional who demonstrate a commitment to delivering better outcomes, driving improvement, strengthening care and engaging stakeholders. Awards will be presented at DCHA’s Patient Safety & Quality Summit on June 4.
Each winner receives $2,500. Deadine is April 17.

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Patient Safety Awareness Week

This week is Patient Safety Awareness Week and DCHA salutes DC hospitals for keeping patients safe and our communities healthy.

The Joint Commission Suspends All Regular Surveying

The Joint Commission announced yesterday, March 16, that in light of President Trump’s declaration of a national emergency regarding COVID-19, they will not interfere with the work of hospitals to prepare and care for patients during this pandemic. The Joint Commission is suspending all regular surveying beginning March 16, 2020. At this time, the Commission does not have an anticipated restart date. All postponed survey events will occur once normal operations resume. If any organizations go past their accreditation due date, accreditation will be extended without disruption to their accreditation status. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has assured that Medicare payment status also will not be affected.

Centro de recursos de COVID-19

Visit the COVID-19 Resource Center daily as new resources, tools, guidance infographics and alerts are added throughout the day. Here’s a sampling of the resources you can find for health care providers, patients, caregivers and the general public.

DCHA COVID-19 Resource Center

Para proveedores de atención médica

  • Orientación para las restricciones de visitantes del hospital
  • Criterios para el Regreso al Trabajo del Personal de Salud con COVID-19 Confirmado o Sospechoso
  • COVID-19 Test Pricing
  • Waivers for Health Care Practitioners and Facilities: Licenses, Registrations, Certifications, Permits and Fees
  • AHA Letter to Surgeon General Regarding Elective Surgeries and COVID-19
  • Update on Testing and PPE Recommendations
  • Public Notice to COVID-19 Medicaid Providers
  • Interim Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations for Patients with Suspected or Confirmed COVID-19 in Healthcare Settings
  • Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) Requirements and Implications
  • Pautas de salud de DC para proveedores
  • ASPR Healthcare Prepardeness Checklist and Planning Tool
  • Guía para la evaluación de riesgos y la gestión de salud pública del personal de atención médica con exposición potencial en un entorno de atención médica a pacientes con COVID-19
  • CDC Interim Guidance for Healthcare Facilities
  • CDC Interim Guidance for Healthcare Professionals
  • Lista de verificación de preparación hospitalaria
  • Lista de verificación de preparación para proveedores de atención médica

For Patients & Caregivers
CareFirst Announcement of New Coverage
Beneficiario de Medicaid COVID-19 Preguntas frecuentes
Beneficios de las aseguradoras DC Health Link
¿Estuve expuesto al COVID-19?
Detener el estigma
Productos de lucha contra COVID-19

Información general
Social Distancing Guidance
Lugares de comidas para estudiantes
Lugares de comidas para personas mayores
¿Estuve expuesto al COVID-19?
District Government Preparations for COVID-19
COVID-19 Situation Summary
CDC Guidelines
Preguntas frecuentes
Fact Sheet

Recursos de comunicación
Puntos de conversación
Cazadores de mitos de COVID-19
Recursos de comunicación gratuitos

We Are Proud of Our Nurses Who Work at DC Hospitals!

Dear Nurses,
You are dedicated.
You care.
You make a difference.
We honor you.

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Utilization Indicators Report for 2019 Calendar Year

The report includes summaries of admissions, discharges, patient days, neonatal and newborn admissions and patient days, emergency department visits, and ambulatory surgeries. Inpatient admissions for acute and specialty care remained relatively stable with only slight declines for the year of 1.5% and 1.2% respectively. There was a statistically significant decrease in ED visits in 2019. The principal cause appears to be the closure of the Providence Hospital Emergency Department in April 2019. Other hospitals  throughout the city experienced disproportionate changes. When compared with 2018, four hospitals had decreased ED visits and four had increased ED visits. In 2019 there were 470,719 visits – a decrease of 7.2% compared to 2018.

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DCHA Statement Regarding Racial Injustice

The events of this past week around racial injustice have weighed heavily on all of us here at the District of Columbia Hospital Association. The tragic loss of George Floyd (MN), Breonna Taylor (KY) and Ahmaud Arbery (GA) weighs heavy on our hearts and the hurt being felt by so many people is palpable. Because of a lack of progressive change when it comes to equity in health care, economic opportunity and other systemic issues of racial disparity, we have reached a tipping point. The root of the injustice and disparities being protested is a reality we must face and work to resolve. We see it, hear it, experience it.

DCHA believes that diversity, equity and inclusion are as important as ever. We support peaceful protests but do not condone intolerance, racism, violence or discrimination. We support our hospitals as places of healing and are committed to the well-being of ALL citizens – no matter their color, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender, background or values.

Each of us must be more vigilant in doing the work of promoting acceptance and being accountable. We cannot and will not accept hate in any form. The senseless killings and day-to-day injustices inflicted upon individuals simply because of their skin color must end now.

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.     — Martin Luther King, Jr.

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