New Technologies Help Hospitals Tackle Patient Safety Push
CMS continues to tighten its rules on so-called "never events" - conditions acquired during hospitalization - in an ongoing effort to slash Medicare costs and improve care for hospitalized patients. And the HAC rules currently in place have already provided significant impetus for hospitals to take steps to improve the identification and prevention of nosocomial infections. Nowa growing group of companies with innovative new technologies aim to capitalize on this trend by helping hospitals take their efforts even further.
by Mary Thompson
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released its final fiscal 2009 rule on nonpayment for hospital-acquired conditions (HACs) and many in the health care community are breathing...
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