Healthcare IT News: Hospitals leaning to IT for Infection Control
Hospitals Leaning to IT for Infection Control Healthcare IT News
Health Care IT news recently published and article on the increasing use of IT to prevent infection in hospitals. The results came from the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) 2009 APIC Economic Survey.
The study reports that budgets are being slashed for infection prevention due to the economic downturn, despite the increase in healthcare acquired infections (HAIs) in recent years. This also comes at a time when federal guidelines and reduction targets are growing and payer guidelines for reimbursement are refusing payment for many preventable conditions.
There is hope on the horizon though, as the article states that hospitals who have adopted automated systems to enhance infection control are reporting "significantly increased staff efficiency, better patient outcomes and improved financial reimburesement -- and that they would never return to previous manual workflows."
APIC CEO Kathy L. Warye is quoted in the Healthcare IT News article, saying:
Health Care IT news recently published and article on the increasing use of IT to prevent infection in hospitals. The results came from the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) 2009 APIC Economic Survey.
The study reports that budgets are being slashed for infection prevention due to the economic downturn, despite the increase in healthcare acquired infections (HAIs) in recent years. This also comes at a time when federal guidelines and reduction targets are growing and payer guidelines for reimbursement are refusing payment for many preventable conditions.
There is hope on the horizon though, as the article states that hospitals who have adopted automated systems to enhance infection control are reporting "significantly increased staff efficiency, better patient outcomes and improved financial reimburesement -- and that they would never return to previous manual workflows."
APIC CEO Kathy L. Warye is quoted in the Healthcare IT News article, saying:
Contact Dynamic for more information on the use of proven technology solutions to prevent HAIs, or visit our Health Care RFID site to view a brief Flash demo (less than 30 sec.) on preventing HAIs with RFID, at http://www.dynamicrfidsolutions.com/solutions/preventing_HAIs.php."Without enought trained professionals, funding and high-tech solutions that speed access to infection-related data, we are not going to continue to make progress in eliminating preventable infections."
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