Healthcare making progress toward reducing heart complications
Case Management Insider, March 31, 2015
Good news from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), heart attack and heart failure patients have a lower risk of experiencing an adverse event today than they did in the past.
A study published in the January 23 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine shows that this good news, unfortunately, did not extend to surgical patients or those with pressure ulcers, urinary tract infections, or pneumonia, which remained flat.
“Heart patients are having fewer adverse events today than they have before, which is a major achievement for the nation," said AHRQ Director Richard Kronick, Ph.D. "However, the data show that significant challenges remain in our efforts to make care safer for all patients."
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