Getting sick in the hospital: Five Utah medical facilities fined for higher rates of illnesses patients acquired while in their care

Hospitals in the Salt Lake Valley, Tooele and Price penalized through Medicare program that addresses problems with infections, bed sores and other hospital-acquired conditions.

(Leah Hogsten | Tribune file photo) Jordan Valley Medical Center in West Jordan was one of five Utah hospitals named by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to be penalized in 2018 for having higher rates of hospital-acquired health problems, such as infections, bed sores and other conditions.

Getting sick in the hospital: Five Utah medical facilities fined for higher rates of illnesses patients acquired while in their care

Hospitals in the Salt Lake Valley, Tooele and Price penalized through Medicare program that addresses problems with infections, bed sores and other hospital-acquired conditions.

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