HealthLeaders Media May 16, 2022
The findings of the inspector general study are similar to Medicare data reported in 2010.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
– Reviews by physicians found that 43% of the harm events could have been avoided with better care.
– The most common harm events were linked to medication (43%).
– Among patients who experienced a harm event, 23% required treatment that resulted in additional Medicare costs.
Medicare patients experience harm in hospitals at a relatively high rate and the harm costs the federal program hundreds of millions of dollars per month, according to a new report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG).
In 2010, OIG published the first report on Medicare patient harm in hospitals,...
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