Hospital care was getting safer before pandemic hit, study shows

Becker's Healthcare July 12, 2022
Mackenzie Bean

Rates of in-hospital adverse events fell significantly in the 10 years leading up to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a federal study published July 12 in JAMA.

HHS’ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality conducted the study, which involved an analysis of nearly 245,000 patients treated at more than 3,100 hospitals between 2010 and 2019. Researchers tracked rates for 21 adverse events over the study period, making it the most comprehensive analysis of in-hospital adverse events to date.

Between 2010 and 2019, rates of adverse events fell 36 percent for heart attack patients, 31 percent for heart failure patients, 39 percent for pneumonia patients and 36 percent for...

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