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Michigan project improves patient safety

Case Management Weekly, November 28, 2005

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Researchers estimate that a two-year project to reduce medical errors and improve patient safety has resulted in more than 1,500 fewer inpatient deaths and more than $165 million in savings for the hospitals and ICUs that participated in the program.

The Michigan Health & Hospital Association's (MHA) Keystone Center for Patient Safety & Quality collaborated with patient safety experts from The Johns Hopkins University Quality & Safety Research Group on the project, which involved more than 120 ICUs and 70 hospitals. The majority of the facilities were located in Michigan and the rest in California, Iowa and Indiana. One of the major aims of the project was to reduce central IV line infections, which harm patients and drive up LOS and costs. Hospitals participating in the study were able to reduce this rate by 50%.

Source: AHA News

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