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NewsNine hospitals fined for high complication rates
Nine Maryland hospitals will face financial penalties for having higher-than-average rates of preventable patient complications, reports the Kaiser Health News. The hospitals will lose a total of Read more...
Pneumonia, sepsis linked to 48,000 HAI-deaths annually
Better infection control practices could help hospitals save up to 48,000 lives and as much as $8.1 billion each year in extra costs, according to a new study published in the Archives of Internal Read more...
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