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| A new report from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) found that hospital-acquired conditions (HAC) dropped between 2014 and 2016, preventing an estimated 8,000 deaths and saving $2.9 billion. |
| Briefings on Accreditation and Quality In just two years, Saint Anthony Hospital in Chicago faced down HAIs, cutting its HAI rate by 90% and saving itself $498,000. The hospital even won the Illinois Health and Hospital Association’s (IHA) “Innovation Challenge: Partners in Progress Award.” 
Marketing Spotlight In this webinar, performance improvement expert Kenneth R. Rohde provides practical techniques and advice to help participants analyze their occurrence reporting process, use data to learn why errors occur, and make improvements that will strengthen patient care and reduce adverse events.
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