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What the HAC is going on?
The Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program, or HAC program, by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Service (CMS), is broken.
Study: Penalties in HAC program influenced by number of cases, bed size
Performance in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Hospital-acquired Conditions Reduction Program is heavily influenced by hospital size, according to a
CDC: Hospitals making progress in effort to eliminate infections
Hospitals reduced central-line associated blood stream infections (CLABSI) and surgical site infections by 46% and 19%, respectively, between 2008 and 2013, according to the latest annual report on
AHRQ issues HRET-developed toolkit to prevent dialysis-related infections
A new toolkit developed by AHA’s Health Research & Educational Trust affiliate for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality provides practical, science-based resources to help dialysis ce
CDC funds six new infection prevention centers
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today awarded $11 million to create six new c
Groups recommend additional U.S. action to prepare for emerging infections
Trust for America’s Health, the Infectious Diseases Society of America, and UPMC Center for Health Security today called on the United States to take additional steps to prepare for the Middle East
AHA, APIC Twitter chat Oct. 21 on preventing infections
The AHA and Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology will host a Twitter chat Oct.
Reminder: AHA, APIC Twitter chat Wednesday on preventing infections
The AHA and Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology will host a Twitter chat Wednesday on the important roles patients, families and health care professionals play in pr
AHA, CDC project to help hospitals implement infection prevention measures
The AHA’s Health Research & Educational Trust affiliate and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today