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Results of AHA Rapid Response Survey, August-September 2009
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Post-Acute Care Case ExamplesThe Section for Long-Term Care & Rehabilitation has identified examples of members who have shared successful Post-Acute Care strategies and best practices that they have implemented to enhance care coordination, improve pat
Throughout discussions under the Health for Life: Better Health, Better Health Care initiative, a clear sense of direction emerged in support of meaningful health care reform that expands coverage, improves the quality of care and care coordination, promotes wellness and preventive care, rewards…
Medicial Liability Reform in Health Care Reform proposals.
The Problem Pneumonia accounts for approximately 15 percent of all hospital-acquired infections and 27 percent of all infections acquired in the medical intensive care unit, according to the CDC. Mortality rates of 20 to 33 percent have been reported. The primary risk factor for hospital-acquired…
In 2005, the neonatal intensive care unit at Women and Children's Hospital of West Virginia experienced a ventilator-associated pneumonia incidence rate of 18 percent for infants weighing less than 1,500 grams. The incidence rate was 50 percent higher than the baseline standard of the Vermont…
The Problem More than one million serious medication errors occur each year in U.S. hospitals. The IOM attributes at least $3.5 billion in extra costs a year to such errors, not counting lost wages and productivity. About 10 years ago, Winthrop administrative and clinical leaders began an…
The Problem Like many hospitals, Westmoreland struggled with significant ED crowding and patient boarding. From December 2008 through February 2009, there were 2,519 inpatient admissions from the ED. The average time from the decision to admit a patient to when the patient was admitted to an…