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HHS Action Plan releases a section on preventing infections in nursing homes
The Department of Health and Human Services has recently released for public comment a draft action plan on preventing infections among nursing home residents.
Categories: Hospital Acquired Infections
Tags: CDC, CMS, external, HHS, long-term care facilities, nursing homes
HHS report: Few Adverse Events in Hospitals Were Reported to State Adverse Event Reporting Systems
HHS OIG report: An estimated 60 percent of adverse and temporary harm events nationally occurred at hospitals in States with reporting systems, yet only an estimated 12 percent of events nationally met State requirements for reporting. Hospitals reported only 1 percent of patient harm events.
Categories: Hospital Acquired Infections, Medical Errors
Tags: adverse events, external, HHS, OIG
HHS: Few Adverse Events in Hospitals Were Reported to State Adverse Event Reporting Systems
HHS OIG report: An estimated 60 percent of adverse and temporary harm events nationally occurred at hospitals in States with reporting systems, yet only an estimated 12 percent of events nationally met State requirements for reporting. Hospitals reported only 1 percent of patient harm events.
Categories: Hospital Acquired Infections, Medical Errors
Tags: adverse events, HHS, OIG
HHS: Hospitals ignoring requirements to report errors
Hospitals are ignoring state regulations that require them to report cases in which medical care harmed a patient, making it almost impossible for health care providers to identify and fix preventable problems, a report to be released today by the Department of Health and Human Services inspector general shows.
Categories: Hospital Acquired Infections, Medical Errors
Tags: HHS, medical errors, Rory Staunton, USA Today
Medicare Study Shows Most Medical Errors Go Unreported
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A new study released today by the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) found that hospital employees are only reporting fourteen percent of all medical errors and usually don’t change their practices to prevent future harm to patients.
Categories: Medical Errors
Tags: CMS, HHS, OIG
Consumer voices to be heard at national hospital infection meeting
Meet the eleven consumer advocates who will be attending a U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS)hospital infection meeting this week.
Categories: Hospital Acquired Infections, MRSA
Tags: CDC, HHS, ICU, medicare part d, patient safety activists, Patient Safety Day, public reporting
Video: Advice on staying safe in the hospital–from the experts
Hear advice from consumer advocates on patient safety.
Categories: Doctor Accountability, Hospital Acquired Infections, Medical Devices & Drugs, Medical Errors
Tags: HHS, surgical error, video
Victory for patients! Public reporting of certain infections will go nationwide
Soon it will be easier for you to find out how well your hospital prevents certain infections. As part of the new health care reform law, the Department of Health and Human Services will require hospitals to publicly disclose several types of dangerous hospital infections.
Categories: Hospital Acquired Infections, MRSA
Tags: C. diff, HHS, ICU, medicare part d, public reporting, surgical site infection
U.S. Congressman dies following surgical error, infection
Our leaders in Congress experience medical harm, too. On Monday, Politico reported that Pennsylvania U.S. Congressman John Murtha had died as a result of complications from recent gallbladder removal surgery at Bethesda Naval Hospital.
Categories: Hospital Acquired Infections, Medical Errors
Tags: HHS, Medicare, Patient Safety Day, surgical error, surgical site infection
My Tweet to Secretary Sebelius
In 140 characters on Twitter, I asked a serious question about hospital-acquired infections.
Categories: Hospital Acquired Infections
Tags: HHS, Medicare, Patient Safety Day, public reporting
