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Mandatory Reporting and Pay for Performance: Health Care Infections in the Limelight
Author(s) -
Arias Kathleen Meehan
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
aorn journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.222
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1878-0369
pISSN - 0001-2092
DOI - 10.1016/j.aorn.2007.12.002
Subject(s) - limelight , health care , government (linguistics) , medicine , incidence (geometry) , family medicine , nursing , medical emergency , political science , linguistics , philosophy , physics , optics , law , electrical engineering , engineering
HEALTH CARE‐ASSOCIATED INFECTIONS (HAIs) have received national attention because of recent news stories in print and on television. MANY STATES HAVE MANDATORY reporting requirements for hospital HAI rates, and as of October 1, 2008, Medicare no longer will pay for certain HAI‐related costs. COLLABORATION AMONG health care providers, patients, government agencies, professional and consumer groups, and payers and improved adherence to infection‐prevention protocols can dramatically reduce the incidence of HAIs. AORN J 87 (April 2008) 750–758. © AORN, Inc, 2008.