Jesse Brown is a leader in VA in mortality rate
Jesse Brown is a leader in VA in mortality rate Updated 5/7/2021 8:41 PM Jesse Brown VA Medical Center in Chicago is a leader among Veterans Affairs medical centers in standardized mortality rates (SMR), according to the current Strategic Analytics for Improvement and Learning (SAIL) report. SMR expresses the ratio of observed deaths to expected deaths in a population. A lower number indicates a higher survival rate within that population and overall increased levels of patient safety. In SMR for heart failure, Jesse Brown is 2nd in VA. In SMR for patients with chronic obst...