JennifersHope
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Okay, this is an area I am very obviously interested in, and not a new concept. I was told about six or seven months ago that Medicaid was going to stop paying for hospital aquired infections... which has NOTHING AND I MEAN NOTHING to do with someone being admited through the ER..
My hospital where I work at has implemeted many good and new techniques to cut down on carless infections that patients get because the staff overlooks rules that should be in place..
Hospital aquired infections happen all the time and Medicare is tired of paying for hospitals mistakes..
Our hospital I work in had a very high blood born infection rate. meaning after a doctor put in a Port of PICC line it would get infected in the hospital.. Our hospital took on the makor project, of reeducating every nurse and person involved in changing the dressing etc.. We also bought new antibiotic rings etc to put over the port to help
Other hospital aquired infections are pneumonia from patients being on a vent to long, Urinary track infections from foley caths being inside the uretha to long, wounds that get infected because non sterile tech was used and the biggest one and the most costly one is bed sores called decubti that get worse in the hospital
Many patients come in with a small bed sore and it turns into a big infected wound because the patient refuses to turn, or the nurse doesn't have the time or take the time to properly assess the patient and it gets over looked..
These errors add days, weeks, and sometimes months to a patients stay, and this is what the whole thing is about.. Medicare/Medicaid is cracking down on paying for hospital mistakes, as well they should.
I assure you money talks to hospital and I would expect big changes to occur in a lot of hospitals.....because otherwise it is coming out of there pocket..
I highly doubt any more or less patients are going to be admitted from the Emergency room based on this law, however, when they get their IVS and FOleys in, the nurses will be more careful and also their are certain nurses and teams on the floor where all they do is evaluate each patient and the course of treatment they are on to see if they can help reduce the risk of infection.. such as weaning a patient from the vent early,, pulling out foley caths early, get patients out of bed early, and getting special beds to reduce bedsores.
I agree, sadly sometimes patients don't get the care they need and it is based on insurance.. but this law has nothing to do with insurance and who has it.. It has to do with money and hospitals.. and hopefully patients getting less hospital aquired infections... and I promise all age groups get them...
My hospital where I work at has implemeted many good and new techniques to cut down on carless infections that patients get because the staff overlooks rules that should be in place..
Hospital aquired infections happen all the time and Medicare is tired of paying for hospitals mistakes..
Our hospital I work in had a very high blood born infection rate. meaning after a doctor put in a Port of PICC line it would get infected in the hospital.. Our hospital took on the makor project, of reeducating every nurse and person involved in changing the dressing etc.. We also bought new antibiotic rings etc to put over the port to help
Other hospital aquired infections are pneumonia from patients being on a vent to long, Urinary track infections from foley caths being inside the uretha to long, wounds that get infected because non sterile tech was used and the biggest one and the most costly one is bed sores called decubti that get worse in the hospital
Many patients come in with a small bed sore and it turns into a big infected wound because the patient refuses to turn, or the nurse doesn't have the time or take the time to properly assess the patient and it gets over looked..
These errors add days, weeks, and sometimes months to a patients stay, and this is what the whole thing is about.. Medicare/Medicaid is cracking down on paying for hospital mistakes, as well they should.
I assure you money talks to hospital and I would expect big changes to occur in a lot of hospitals.....because otherwise it is coming out of there pocket..
I highly doubt any more or less patients are going to be admitted from the Emergency room based on this law, however, when they get their IVS and FOleys in, the nurses will be more careful and also their are certain nurses and teams on the floor where all they do is evaluate each patient and the course of treatment they are on to see if they can help reduce the risk of infection.. such as weaning a patient from the vent early,, pulling out foley caths early, get patients out of bed early, and getting special beds to reduce bedsores.
I agree, sadly sometimes patients don't get the care they need and it is based on insurance.. but this law has nothing to do with insurance and who has it.. It has to do with money and hospitals.. and hopefully patients getting less hospital aquired infections... and I promise all age groups get them...