According to KidneyNotes:
“Look for the definition of an “error” to be expanded dramatically… Central line infection? C. difficile colitis? Ventilator associated pneumonia?”
The initial six conditions on the Medicare list are:
- pressure ulcers
- catheter-associated urinary tract infections
- Staphylococcus aureus (shown above) septicemia
- air embolism
- blood incompatibility
- object left behind in surgical patient
Number 2 and 3 are hospital-acquired infections and numbers 4-6 were to be called “never events.” Besides those on the list for 2008, seven
Further reading:
Medicare Says It Won’t Cover ‘Preventable’ Hospital Errors. NYTimes, 08/2007.
Medicare plans to stop paying for 6 hospital-acquired conditions. AMNews staff, June 18, 2007.
Medicare No Longer Willing to Pay Hospitals for Preventable Medical Errors. MSSPNexus Blog, 08/2007.
Preventable medical errors, from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Image source: Wikipedia, CDC.
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