Read the description of the wrong-site surgery event in Critical Concept 8.2 and the root causes identified by the team that conducted the RCA. Conduct a literature and Internet search for risk reduction strategies aimed at preventing wrong-site surgeries. Which of these strategies would help prevent a similar event from occurring at the hospital described in Critical Concept 8.2?
Use the most current information in the Health CareHealth Care Cost and Utilization Project ( http://hcupnet.ahrq.gov) database to answer the following questions:
- What is the national average length of hospital stay and average hospital costs for patients with the following diagnoses?
- Abdominal pain
- Acute myocardial infarction
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and bronchiectasis
- Diabetes mellitus with complications
- What is the average length of hospital stay and average hospital costs for patients who underwent the following procedures?
- Cesarean section
- Hip replacement, total and partial
- Hysterectomy, abdominal and vaginal
- Percutaneous coronary angioplasty (PTCA)
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