HAC’s – Healthy Skeptic

Jun 22 2011

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The number of septicemia and sepsis hospitalizations more than doubled between 2000 and 2008

Jun 10 2011

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The Obama administration last week released another health reform jigsaw puzzle piece when it issued its final rule governing Medicaid payment adjustments for preventable medical errors.

Jun 01 2011

NPR.org

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

In the coming years, though, as the federal health law continues to take effect, the noose will tighten even more. Starting in 2012, Medicare will reduce payments to hospitals with poor infection rates in their intensive care units.

Apr 22 2011

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The voluminous spreadsheet revealed exactly how many of each type of eight hospital-acquired conditions had occurred at each of the nation’s 3,361 hospitals.