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Hospital medical mistakes up, patient harm down
Serious medical mistakes at Minnesota hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers rose slightly to 316 in 2011, up from 305 in 2010, according to an annual report released yesterday by the Minnesota
Clinical decision support helps to reduce pressure ulcers
By using clinical decision support (CDS) tools in conjunction with electronic health records, several dozen nursing homes across the country have reduced pressure ulcer incidence rates by 42 to 55
Longer hospital stays increase chances of infection
The longer a patient stays in the hospital the chances of him or her acquiring an infection, having an adverse drug reaction, or developing a pressure ulcer go up, according to a new study to be
Better hospital mattresses give wallets a rest
If emergency rooms spent 30 cents per patient to buy pressure-reduction mattresses, it could save the hospital $32 per patient, reports UPI. The special mattress could reduce pressure ulcers in
Rehab facilities facing new quality reporting requirements
Inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs) that fail to report selected quality data could see their Medicare payments reduced by at least 2 percent beginning in fiscal 2014 under a new proposed rule
Hospital owes $10M in bedsore malpractice suit
A jury awarded $10.3 million to the estate of a patient who sued Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center for allowing him to get bed sores, the Santa Fe New Mexican reports. This comes at a time
Study: Not-for-profit nursing homes offer higher quality than for-profits
Non-profit nursing homes seem to provide better care than for-profit facilities, according to a new study by Canadian researchers who looked at results from 82 studies conducted from 1965 through
Report: Bedsore numbers show dramatic rise
A new report from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality found that the number of patients who develop bedsores during their hospital stay has risen dramatically. From 1993 to 2006, the
Study: Never events major factor in hospital liability costs
According to new research by insurance firm Aon Corp., hospital-acquired conditions accounted for 12.2 percent of total legal liability costs insured by healthcare facilities in 2007. While many
New England hospitals create clinical practice improvement network
A group of nineteen New England hospitals have joined together in a network allowing them to share information about clinical practices and boost their quality improvement efforts. The hospitals are
