Most of us are probably aware of www.guidelines.gov as being a searchable clearinghouse of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines.
Did you know that there is a section specifically about preventing the hospital acquired conditions that CMS says they will no longer pay for?
http://www.guideline.gov/resources/hac.aspx
It appears that they (National Guidelines Clearinghouse (NGC), an initiative of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)) intends to keep this page current. The most recent update was July 27th.
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Hospital Aquired Conditions Section @ National Guideline Clearinghouse
Labels:
AHRQ,
HHS,
Infection Prevention,
Medical Errors,
Quality Tools,
Safety,
VBP
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