A new measure of hospital-acquired conditions identifies conditions associated with greater mortality, length of stay and costs, according to a study in the American Journal of Medical Quality.
Researchers developed an expanded set of HACs using the present-on-admission indicator and secondary diagnoses on 500,000 ICD-9-CM-coded discharge abstracts.
Read the full story on the new HAC measure in Becker's Hospital Review.
Researchers developed an expanded set of HACs using the present-on-admission indicator and secondary diagnoses on 500,000 ICD-9-CM-coded discharge abstracts.
Read the full story on the new HAC measure in Becker's Hospital Review.
