Centers for medicare and medicaid services' "never events": An analysis and recommendations to hospitals

Health Care Manager

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 338-349

  Mattie, Angela S ^a,b   Webster, Barry L ^a  

^a QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Hospital acquired condition (HAC); Inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS); Never events; Present on admission (POA)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS INFECTION; DECUBITUS; DOCUMENTATION; ECONOMICS; FALLING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAID; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; SAFETY; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES (U.S.); CROSS INFECTION; DOCUMENTATION; ECONOMICS, HOSPITAL; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITAL RECORDS; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL ERRORS; MEDICARE PART A; PRESSURE ULCER; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT SYSTEM; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58849122821     PISSN: 15255794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HCM.0b013e31818c8037     Document Type: Article

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