“These days, hospital CIOs are under a great deal of stress. There’s pressure from the Joint Commission to improve patient safety and reduce adverse events. It’s a pressure compounded by the fact that Medicare no longer reimburses for costs related to preventable errors.
And it’s not just CMS. Recently, payers have also started to refuse coverage for “never events” such as surgery on the wrong body part, hospital-acquired infections, and even patient falls and trauma.”
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Kate Huvane Gamble, Healthcare Informatics, October 2009
