tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968787219619380438.post3251675916964182276..comments2023-09-21T04:02:29.457-04:00Comments on Skeptical Scalpel: "Hospitals stumble in preventing harmful 'never events'"Skeptical Scalpelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13206922456661320751noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968787219619380438.post-10685802392782361072013-05-05T14:10:37.368-04:002013-05-05T14:10:37.368-04:00EECP, I'm sorry but I don't understand the...EECP, I'm sorry but I don't understand the question. This post isn't about one hospital. It's about all the hospitals in Minnesota.<br /><br />If you click on the link in the second paragraph, you can read the report yourself. There is information about each hospital in that report.Skeptical Scalpelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13206922456661320751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968787219619380438.post-89742555053443743632013-05-03T06:11:58.136-04:002013-05-03T06:11:58.136-04:00may i know this hospital addressmay i know this hospital addressEECPhttp://www.eecpheartcure.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968787219619380438.post-71679808954544209542013-04-23T07:52:14.394-04:002013-04-23T07:52:14.394-04:00rhett, I agree. One wonders why the DOH in Minneso...rhett, I agree. One wonders why the DOH in Minnesota doesn't audit a few hospitals. The real numbers would soon be apparent.Skeptical Scalpelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13206922456661320751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968787219619380438.post-33343605730758786842013-04-23T00:04:42.938-04:002013-04-23T00:04:42.938-04:00it is well-documented that 90% of never events suc...it is well-documented that 90% of never events such as pressure ulcers are under-reported. Tens of thousands of wound assessments per month on our point-of-care electronic platform confirm that the "official" reported numbers on facility-acquired pressure ulcers are hogwash. Gaming the system is not so easy when you are not charting wounds on paper.rhett gustafsonhttp://www.woundrounds.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968787219619380438.post-27526044902284216182013-04-17T23:12:33.593-04:002013-04-17T23:12:33.593-04:00Good luck convincing the general public about that...Good luck convincing the general public about that. Can't get the stray horse back into the stable too easily. artigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13361655152970244221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968787219619380438.post-24314208219718515602013-04-17T08:21:41.989-04:002013-04-17T08:21:41.989-04:00That study about hospitals making money from compl...That study about hospitals making money from complications is all over the Internet now. Some articles about it seem to imply that surgeons deliberately create complications so that hospitals can profit. Nonsense.Skeptical Scalpelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13206922456661320751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968787219619380438.post-32559859952411518562013-04-16T22:56:29.296-04:002013-04-16T22:56:29.296-04:00I agree that the 'stumble' appears to be i...I agree that the 'stumble' appears to be in honest reporting (and maybe also in less than optimal prevention). I want to add that since the National Quality Forum created its original Never Events list in 2002,the list has grown to includes 29 'events' in 6 categories. From the AHRQ website: "Since February 2009, CMS has not paid for any costs associated with wrong-site surgeries." I doubt this is a huge cost savings,since it happens infrequently.<br />Here is one to think about; I heard a summary on NPR of the JAMA April article about a hospital actually making more money on pts who had complications after surgery; "If a patient with private insurance had complications after surgery, hospitals made $39,017 more profit than if all had gone well. That's compared to an additional profit of $1,749 for a Medicare patient with complications after surgery." So preventing complications was actually un-profitable? Go figure.<br />DD<br />DDnoreply@blogger.com