Patients Safer as Hospital-Acquired Conditions Decline in 2015

(AHRQ Logo) Title: Patients Safer as Hospital-Acquired Conditions Decline. From 2010–2015, more than 3 million hospital-acquired conditions (HACs) were prevented, saving approximately 125,000 lives and more than $28 billion in health care costs. Learn more in the AHRQ report “National Scorecard on Rates of Hospital Acquired Conditions.” (Four columns) Blue column on left with background image of a figure lying in a hospital bed a in light shades of blue and the words 21 percent reduction in hospital acquired conditions since 2010. Gold column with image of a heart wrapped in bandages using darker shades of gold and the words 3 million fewer adverse events. Purple column with image of figures in varying shades of purple to represent populations and the words 125,000 lives saved. Dark blue column on right with a sheet of dollar bills in varying shades of blue and the words $28 billion in savings. Source: http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/quality-patient-safety/pfp/2015-interim.html

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Source: National Scorecard on Rates of Hospital-Acquired Conditions 2010 to 2015: Interim Data From National Efforts To Make Health Care Safer

Page last reviewed April 2018
Page originally created December 2016
Internet Citation: Patients Safer as Hospital-Acquired Conditions Decline in 2015. Content last reviewed April 2018. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/data/infographics/hac-interim-data-2015.html