Hospital-Acquired Conditions See Substantial Decline

According to new data released last week by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, patient safety is improving due, in part, to efforts to reduce hospital acquired conditions. The Agency has estimated that 350,000 hospital-acquired conditions were avoided and the rate was reduced by 8 percent from 2014 to 2016 leading to the prevention of approximately 8,000 deaths and saving about $2.9 billion. CMS has set a goal of saving 20 percent reduction by 2019. Click here for more from AHRQ. Click here for the CMS fact sheet.