Idaho Activity (15 items)
This survey was created for patients who have experienced medical harm, their loved ones and their advocates. This survey was created by the Empowered Patient Coalition and we have jointly published this survey on our websites. This survey is designed to answer questions that are important to patients. This is a way for patients to report their experience as they have lived it, and to know that their report will be counted.The Empowered Patient Coalition will be entering the events annonymously on a map so you can see your error and others in your state by clciking on the map.
Idaho hospitals overall fared best on giving patients the right antibiotics after surgery and worst on discontinuing antibiotics 24 hours after surgery to cut down on antibiotic resistance.
Health and Welfare Board considers rule requiring health care facilities to report non-fatal cases of MRSA.
Users of WhyNotTheBest.org can now search for and compare data from more than 900 hospitals on the incidence of central line–associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs)—one of the most lethal hospital-acquired complications. The data show wide variation in CLABSI incidence, in spite of strong evidence on how to prevent them. This data is made possible through a partnership among The Commonwealth Fund, The Leapfrog Group, and Consumers Union.
Plans about what the states are supposed to be doing to eliminate hospital acquired infections.
Link to map that highlights antimicrobial resistance issues at the state level.
The Institute of Medicine was correct more than 10 years ago and the problem is worse today. We have fewer highly trained personnel per patient than in the past and the private practice of Medicine, thanks to the lack of accepted IT standards among the software providers, has not gone to electronic systems. For good example, look at VA electronic drug dispensing system.
ITS TIME TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM AND SAVE LIVES.
Please contact your local legislators and urge them to pass some legislation being considered in Boise to prevent hospitals from charging 300 to 400% more to uninsured patients. The new legislation would make sure that hospitals can only charge patients what they charge the wealthy insurance companies. It's a start. We should also have legislation to insure that hospitals et al do not profit from the infections that they themselves cause! New patient rights laws with some teeth in them to force medical practitioners to actually respect patient wishes and allow patients to decline expensive and unnecessary parts of their treatment would be nice. After all there is plenty of egregious legislation protecting Doctors etc. Just try suing a Doctor for breaching every single patient right "law" and see how far you get...
Please contact your local legislators and urge them to pass some legislation being considered in Boise to prevent hospitals from charging 300 to 400% more to uninsured patients. The new legislation would make sure that hospitals can only charge patients what they charge the wealthy insurance companies. It's a start. We should also have legislation to insure that hospitals et al do not profit from the infections that they themselves cause! New patient rights laws with some teeth in them to force medical practitioners to actually respect patient wishes and allow patients to decline expensive and unnecessary parts of their treatment would be nice. After all there is plenty of egregious legislation protecting Doctors etc. Just try suing a Doctor for breaching every single patient right "law" and see how far you get...
More than 290,000 surgical site infections occur in U.S. hospitals each year. Patients who acquire infections from surgery spend, on average, an additional 6.5 days in the hospital, are five times more likely to be readmitted after discharge, and twice as likely to die.
Surgery patients are at risk for infection because surgical incisions create a pathway for germs to enter the body. Maintaining a sterile environment in the operating room is therefore critical to protect patients from being contaminated with bacteria, which can lead to infection.
How well is your hospital, state and the nation as a whole are performing on three key practices that help prevent infections during surgery? Find out here »
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