Maryland hospitals must report data on 49 complications to the Maryland Health Services Cost Review Commission. According to that data, state hospitals have reduced the number of hospital-acquired shock, pneumonia, congestive heart failure, urinary tract infections and other complications by 20 percent since fiscal year 2010.
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The state’s initiative to reduce the incidence of healthcare-associated complications is part of a three-part mission that also aims to reduce hospital readmissions and improve the initial process of care, according to the report.
Further details on hospital-acquired complications are expected to be released tomorrow.
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