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Hospital-acquired conditions drop 17%
Hospitals are making “substantial progress in improving safety,” according to an Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality report that found a 17 percent decline in hospital-acquired conditions from 2010 to 2014. That saved 87,000 lives and nearly $20 billion in health costs. HACs include adverse drug events, catheter-associated urinary tract infections, central line-associated bloodstream infections and pressure ulcers, among others.
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Children Ages 3 - 5 Are Most Exposed to Secondhand Smoke
Misprescribed in Pediatrics
50%: An estimated half of antibiotic prescriptions given during pediatric office visits are inappropriate.
Source: Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, Aug. 20, 2015
Delivery System Transformation, Governance Effectiveness, Operational Excellence, Care Delivery, Quality & Patient Safety, Strategic Planning, Issues & Trends
Collaborative Leader Takes Home Shirley Ann Munroe Award
The American Hospital Association last month awarded its 2015 Shirley Ann Munroe Leadership Award to Vince Oliver, CEO and superintendent of Island Hospital in Anacortes, Wash. The award honors small or rural hospital leaders who have improved health care delivery in their communities through innovative and progressive efforts.
Governance Effectiveness, Nurses, Physician Workforce, Strategic Planning, Issues & Trends, Workforce
OSHA webpage on workplace violence in health care
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has created a Web page featuring strategies and tools to support OSHA’s “Guidelines for Preventing Workplace Violence for Healthcare and Social Service Workers.” Visit www.osha.gov/dsg/hospitals/workplace_violence.html.
Care Delivery, Quality & Patient Safety, Strategic Planning, Issues & Trends
Diabetes rates decline
The number of new cases of diabetes diagnosed in the United States declined significantly from 2009 to 2014 after steadily rising for 25 years, according to data released in December by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The country recorded 1.4 million new cases in 2014, down from 1.7 million in 2008, a decline of about 20 percent. The drop was largest among whites, who had a lower incidence rate overall.