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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"hospital-acquired conditions"”.
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Effectiveness of Medicare's Nonpayment Policy On Hospital-Acquired Conditions
<p> Hospital-acquired conditions (HACs) are major patient safety and quality concerns in the health care industry. In the United States, hospital-acquired infections occur in approximately 1.7 to 2 million hospitalized patients annually, or approximately 20%. (Klevens et al. 2007), (Burke 2003), …
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Avoiding Hospital-Acquired Conditions: A Qualitative Analysis of Early Top Performers
<p>Preventable medical errors in hospitals cost our nation an estimated 180,000 annual deaths and tens of billions of dollars. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act mandated improvements in quality and patient safety. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, acting on these …
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IMPROVING MOBILITY ON THE MEDICAL-SURGICAL UNIT: GET UP AND MOVE
… <p>Research shows that early mobilization of hospitalized patients leads to improved patient outcomes as well as reduced occurrences of hospital-acquired conditions (HACs). Project "Get Up and Move" aims to improve mobility while minimizing the effects prolonged immobility or lack thereof. The …
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Reducing blood culture contamination in the emergency room
… inappropriate antibiotic use, and increased hospital costs. In a large, Midwestern, level I trauma hospital, there is a blood culture contamination (BCC) rate of 8.32%. Description of the Project: The project entailed creating an education process, including principles of aseptic technique, …
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An Assessment of the Relationship Between Hospital Reimbursements and Hospital-acquired Infections
Patients enter healthcare systems and hospitals to maintain their health, prevent disease, and receive care and treatment from injuries or illness, but no one expects to become more injured, nor sicker, while in the care of these health systems. To ‘do no harm’ is a foundational phrase to all …
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Hospital Infection Control Practice: Preventing, Identifying, and Measuring Healthcare-Associated Infections in an Ever-Changing Environment
… of significant morbidity and mortality in U.S. hospitals. HAI prevention is receiving increased attention on account of recent legislative mandates related to public reporting of hospital infection rates and limitations in hospital reimbursement from Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services …