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New Jersey hospitals see major drop in hospital infections and other preventable problems due to #ObamaCare http://www.njspotlight.com/stories/13/04/30/hospitals-see-rapid-progress-in-reducing-see-swift-improvement-in-reducing-infections-other-preventable-problems/ …
New Jersey hospitals are celebrating a major drop in hospital infections and other preventable problems last year, due to a federally funded initiative that’s part of the Affordable Care Act.
The effort, led by the New Jersey Hospital Association, is aimed at improving the quality of care offered at hospitals by reducing preventable illnesses that originate in healthcare facilities. These problems are a major cause of concern at hospitals and reducing their occurrence is a goal of federal health reform . . .
The state saw improvements in 11 of the 12 quality categories being tracked by the federally funded initiative. The improvement in the readmission rate is particularly significant for the state. Hospitals with high levels of readmissions face financial penalties under a separate ACA program . . .
It took only one year for hospitals to achieve broad-based improvements, according to an association report released yesterday. The initiative, known as Partnership for Patients, was launched at the beginning of 2012 and is scheduled to continue through the end of this year.
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