| Subject: | OIG Releases Report Reviewing Methods For Identifying Adverse Events in Hospitals |
| Category: | Office of Inspector General (OIG)
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| Published: | Mon, 8 Mar 2010 - 12:00 pm |
| The Office of Inspector General (OIG) has released a report that evaluates the usefulness of selected methods for identifying events that harm hospitalized Medicare beneficiaries. The Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006 (the Act) mandated that OIG report and make recommendations to Congress about "adverse events" (which OIG defines as harm to a patient as a result of medical care or harm that occurs in a health care setting) and "never events" (which refers to the... The full article is available to StayAlert subscribers. Click here for a free trial subscription. |
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