Measuring the Quality of Care at the Cedars-Sinai Weight Loss Center
The quality of care and outcomes at the Cedars-Sinai Weight Loss Center are continually monitored and reported. Specifically, these factors are monitored:
- Total number of procedures
- Average length of stay
- Mortality
- Initial weight loss
- Average 12 week weight loss
Other measures of the quality of care given to patients at Cedars-Sinai are measures on a hospital-wide basis. These include:
- Nursing excellence
- Preventing hospital-acquired infections
- Surgical care, including infection prevention and blood clot prevention
- Consumer perceptions of Cedars-Sinai
- Patient satisfaction
The data presented in these reports reflects the care given by members of the Weight Loss Center, staff and faculty physicians and attending physicians.
