Large financial benefit to identifying & reducing patient harm, AHS saves $108M, study finds

AHS saved approximately $108 million in total cost, $48 million in variable cost, and $18 million in contribution margin by systemically identifying and reducing patient harm during a three-year period, according to a study published in the Journal of Patient Safety.

"This landmark study demonstrates the powerful financial and clinical impact that healthcare providers can achieve through measuring their all-cause harm using a more automated trigger-based approach," said senior author David Classen, MD, Pascal's chief medical information officer. "This study shows that harm is costly to healthcare providers, and that when we know the true rates and patterns of harm in our organizations, we can genuinely begin to reduce adverse events and their demonstrated costs. What patient safety has thoroughly lacked is a business-case, and this study provides one."

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