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Topic 3 DQ 2<\/strong><\/p>\n

Apr 4-8, 2022<\/p>\n

The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) publishes a list of health care-acquired conditions (HACs) that reasonably could have been prevented through the application of risk management strategies. What actions has your health care organization (or have health care organizations in general) implemented to manage or prevent these “never events” from happening within their health care facilities? Support your response with a minimum two peer-reviewed articles.<\/p>\n

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ES<\/strong><\/p>\n

Emily Sabin<\/p>\n

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Apr 7, 2022, 8:17 AM(edited)<\/p>\n

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CMS is the list of both HCAPS and the list of diagnoses; the list of HCAPS sees the new standard of care for specific diagnoses. The list of diagnoses states that if a patient is discharged with not enough care information, follow-up is required, or the patient will readminister back in the hospital. The health facility will not receive any additional funds for the second admission. This is because they have released a patient without educating him on how to maintain healthy living. Therefore, some healthcare facilities have implemented several actions that will help to prevent such cases from happening, thus losing healthcare facility reimbursements (Monegro et al., 2020). These actions include self-care for nurses-get, rest, eating right, exercising, and being spiritually and mentally fit. Also, counseling and religious services are offered at work for all stakeholders and staff.<\/p>\n

The other implemented action regards education or reduction of the healthcare workers to have sufficient knowledge regarding patients’ needs in the facility. This will also help in minimizing medical errors. Health facilities have also considered technology implementation for electronic health records and barcoding medications. Also, the change in both healthcare procedures and policy enables them to meet the current care standards and evidence-based practice. Many facilities use identification bracelets that are durable to identify patients before anything is done. Then after identification, they use skin markers to the site appropriately and count and recount again before surgery to avoid retainment of surgical instrument or sponge. They then use the scrub in and out to prevent contaminating other patients (Schultz et al., 2018).<\/p>\n

Additionally, the bottom line is that healthcare organizations are in business to make some revenue and have a positive cash flow. If patients are readmitted without paying, it causes a severe threat to the healthcare facility’s financial status and puts them at risk of closing down. They should be a balance between doing what is suitable for the patient and what is best for the organization.<\/p>\n

References:<\/p>\n

Monegro, A. F., Muppidi, V., & Regunath, H. (2020). Hospital-acquired infections. In\u00a0StatPearls [Internet]<\/em>. StatPearls Publishing. Monegro, A. F., Muppidi, V., & Regunath, H. (2020). Hospital-acquired infections. In\u00a0StatPearls [Internet]<\/em>. StatPearls Publishing.\u00a0https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/books\/NBK441857\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Schultz, K. A. P., Williams, G. M., Kamihara, J., Stewart, D. R., Harris, A. K., Bauer, A. J., … & Hill, D. A. (2018). DICER1 and associated conditions: identification of at-risk individuals and recommended surveillance strategies.\u00a0Clinical Cancer Research<\/em>,\u00a024<\/em>(10), 2251-2261.\u00a0https:\/\/clincancerres.aacrjournals.org\/content\/24\/10\/2251.short<\/a><\/p>\n

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EH<\/strong><\/p>\n

Eleanor Hayden<\/p>\n

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Apr 7, 2022, 5:56 AM<\/p>\n

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The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) monitors for preventable health care acquired conditions that could worsen patients overall health. Examples of hospital acquired conditions surgical site infections, deep vein thrombosis, or falls that could lead to worsened injuries. All of these are considered preventable as they can be easily prevented with certain interventions in place (Haque\u00a0et al., 2020).\u00a0Recognizing that healthcare organizations often develop risk management plans as preventative measures for potential risks to keep employees and patients safe. Healthcare organizations tend to have many risk managements plans to address the potential risk that could arise. Risk managements teams work to\u00a0keep patients safe through innovated interventions and evidence based practice (Monegro\u00a0et al., 2021).<\/p>\n

The healthcare facility I currently work for has a program called reaching for zero, this program encourages all healthcare providers and workers to follow the recommended guidelines to prevent any healthcare associated infections or injuries. All events including infections or falls that is monitored closely with a goal of zero events to ultimately reach the goal of zero.\u00a0\u00a0All new employees are required to attend the mandatory training sessions that educate on how to prevent infections through the required polices and guidelines. This may include mandatory hand washing, falls preventative measures, or more based on risk managements recommendations. Preventing healthcare acquired infections is a priority at this hospital as we have seen the detrimental causes that could happen including death. I believe it is imperative for all healthcare facilities to have appropriate risk management plans in pace to prevent this. In conclusion having safety measures in place allows healthcare workers to apply the polices and interventions within patient care and promote health and wellbeing by doing so (Reaching for Zero, 2021).<\/p>\n

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References<\/p>\n

Haque,\u00a0M.,\u00a0McKimm,\u00a0J.,\u00a0Sartelli,\u00a0M.,\u00a0Dhingra,\u00a0S.,\u00a0Labricciosa,\u00a0F.\u00a0M., Islam,\u00a0S., \u2026\u00a0Charan,\u00a0J. (2020). <p>Strategies to prevent healthcare-associated infections: A narrative Overview<\/p>.\u00a0Risk Management and Healthcare Policy<\/em>,\u00a013<\/em>, 1765-1780. doi:10.2147\/rmhp.s269315<\/p>\n

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Monegro,\u00a0A.\u00a0F.,\u00a0Muppidi,\u00a0V., &\u00a0Regunath,\u00a0H. (2021). Hospital Acquired Infections.\u00a0StatPearls<\/em>. Retrieved from https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/books\/NBK441857\/<\/p>\n

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Reaching for Zero – Norton Healthcare Nursing Excellence. (2021, February 24). Retrieved from https:\/\/nortonnursingexcellence.com<\/p>\n

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Delvis Tabares<\/p>\n

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Apr 6, 2022, 8:52 PM<\/p>\n

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Replies to\u00a0Emily Sabin<\/p>\n

The CMS contains a list of Hospital Consumer Assessment of Providers and Systems (HCAP) that is adhered to as the new principles of patient care for particular diagnosis. Additionally, the CMS has a list of certain diagnosis that when a patient gets discharged from hospital without care, proper patient education, and necessary follow ups and thus gets readmitted within 30 day, the health care organization will not get paid for the readmission (Bae, 2017). My health care organization has implemented several actions to prevent HACs from being experienced within the facility. These actions were developed with the concept that as much as some incidences are entirely unavoidable in the health care field, the CMS measures can help in preventing plenty of them.<\/p>\n

The top way my facility is trying to manage the occurrence of HACs is by ensuring the health care providers get sufficient rest, proper diets, exercise, and mental, emotional, spiritual, and physical support. As the primary caregivers, health care professionals must receive utmost care themselves or else they will not be of any help availing care to their patients. The organization understands quite well that successful prevention of HACs is coming up with policies for preventing and treating illnesses and then converting them to executable clinical pathways (Chalmers et al., 2021). Further, my organization utilizes infection prevention and control (IPC) to avoid acquisition and spread of hospital related infections. Infections can be easily attained in a health caf\u00e9 facility especially with poor hygiene. Hand hygiene and hand washing measures are now part of the compulsory and regular training programs in my organization.<\/p>\n

References<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bae, S. (2017). CMS Nonpayment Policy, Quality Improvement, and Hospital-Acquired Conditions.\u00a0Journal Of Nursing Care Quality<\/em>,\u00a032<\/em>(1), 55-61.\u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1097\/ncq.0000000000000202<\/a><\/p>\n

Chalmers, K., Gopinath, V., Brownlee, S., Saini, V., & Elshaug, A. (2021). Adverse Events and Hospital-Acquired Conditions Associated With Potential Low-Value Care in Medicare Beneficiaries.\u00a0JAMA Health Forum<\/em>,\u00a02<\/em>(7), e211719.\u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1001\/jamahealthforum.2021.1719<\/a><\/p>\n

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