Sustainability Hub 2023

Key figures Patients

G-IQIs1

 

 

2023

 

2022

 

2021

G-IQI targets

 

2,099

 

2,223

 

2,228

G-IQI targets achieved

 

1,862

 

1,933

 

1,935

Percentage G-IQI targets achievement

 

88.7%

 

87.0%

 

86.8%

Peer Reviews

 

22

 

9

 

7

1

German Inpatient Quality Indicators

Medical malpractice claims1

 

 

2023

 

2022

 

2021

Total medical malpractice claims1

 

840

 

827

 

768

Medical malpractice claims per 1,000 inpatients

 

0.7

 

0.8

 

0.8

Proceedings through medical associations2

 

150

 

134

 

201

of which confirmed medical errors

 

34

 

33

 

58

Error rate

 

22.6%

 

24.6%

 

28.9%

1

Relates only to acute hospitals

2

The data also refer to processes not handled by Helios for contractual reasons; incomplete.

Selected patient safety indicators1

 

 

2023

 

2022

 

2021

Total events

 

81

 

54

 

84

Procedure/wrong-side surgery/incorrect surgery

 

15

 

16

 

14

Foreign objects unintentionally left in a body

 

7

 

8

 

13

Medication errors (death/intensive care)

 

9

 

2

 

6

Intraoperative awareness

 

0

 

0

 

1

Burn/chemical burn

 

10

 

3

 

11

Fall (death/intensive care)

 

18

 

12

 

17

Suicide/suicide attempt (death/intensive care)

 

16

 

9

 

14

Diagnostic error/misdiagnosis (emergency department/outpatient clinic/death/intensive care)

 

6

 

4

 

8

1

Relates only to acute hospitals (including Malteser hospitals; without Kassel).

Note:

The totals in the tables may vary slightly due to rounding.