Delaware Healthcare Association

1280 S Governors Avenue
Dover, DE 19904
(302) 674-2853
 		  
 
Welcome to the Delaware Healthcare Association Website.
This site is designed for use by the member of the Association, as well as the general public. Some areas are password protected and accessible only to members of the Association.

Delaware Hospitals Offer New Visitation Guidelines

Delaware's hospitals have collectively agreed to new visitation guidelines to protect patients, their loved ones  and health care workers from both seasonal and H1N1 flu.  Many states nationwide are implementing new temporary visitation guidelines as a result of increasing concern over containing the spread of both seasonal and H1N1 flu.  To read the press release, click here.

Links to individual hospital's visitation guidelines, click here.
Quick Links
DHA Press Releases
Member HR Links
Interagency Transfer Forms
Disaster Readiness
Color Coded Wristbands
Flu - Seasonal & H1N1
Information such as:
Visitation Guidelines
When to Seek Treatment

Delaware Hospital Quality Web Site

Delaware's hospitals have developed a web site to assist consumers in finding quality indicator information on Delaware's hospitals.

These are the same indicators reported to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), but our site shows all of Delaware's hospitals data.

Click here to learn about the Delaware Hospital Quality Web Site.

Click here for other sources of information on Delaware's Hospitals and Health Care facilities.		  

Delaware Hospitals Adopt Common Color Wrist Bands

As part of a mission to ensure patient safety during hospital visits, the Delaware Healthcare Association announced implementation of a voluntary initiative among Delaware hospitals to standardize the use of color-coded patient wristbands.  All Delaware acute care hospitals have adopted the following colors and meanings to convey specific information to physicians, nurses, and other healthcare professionals about patient care:
 - Red for patient allergies.
 - Yellow for fall risk. and
 - Purple for patient's do-not-resuscitate preferences.
To read more about this initiative, click here.

  
   




 
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