Our Results: Reducing Harm, Saving Costs
| Cases of Harm Avoided |
|---|
|
| Adverse Drug Events |
37.9% reduction |
2,240 |
$11.2 million |
| Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections |
24.1 % reduction |
168 |
$996 million |
| Central Line-Associated Blood-stream Infections |
23.5 % reduction |
119 |
$2 million |
| Falls |
11.1% reduction |
978 |
$7.1 million |
| Early Elective Deliveries |
69.9% reduction |
258 |
$1.1 million |
| OB Adverse Events - Birth Trauma Injury |
19.8% reduction |
724 (Combined figure) |
$2 million (combined figure) |
| OB Adverse Events - Obstetric Trauma |
33.0 % reduction |
| OB Adverse Events - Obsteric Trauma without Instrument |
27.1% reduction |
| Pressure Ulcers |
22.3% reduction |
142 |
$6.1 million |
| Surgical Site Infections - Colon Surgery |
53.6 % reduction |
97 (combined figure) |
$2 million (combined figure) |
| Surgical Site Infections - Hysterectomy |
9.9 % reduction |
| Surgical Site Infections - Total Knee Replacement Surgery |
71.9% reduction |
| Venous Thromboembolism |
14.1% reduction |
183 |
$2.6 million |
| Readmissions |
7.7% reduction |
8,811 |
$84.1 million |
