At the state level, as many nursing homes reported 33% of their major injury falls as reported 94.3%, and a similar spread was found for pressure ulcers. The researchers said that showed that ...
Findings indicates an ‘urgent need’ for an alternative approach to measuring patient safety in nursing homes, researchers say. A significant percentage of pressure ulcers are not reported by nursing ...
Nursing homes underreport hospitalizations of residents with pressure ulcers, a study published Aug. 4 in Medical Care found. Researchers from the University of Chicago used pressure ulcer ...
One measure of the safety and quality of nursing home care is the presence of a pressure ulcer on its residents. CMS reports these numbers to the public as a star-ranking on Nursing Home Compares and ...
Researchers at the University of Chicago have found that the number and severity of pressure ulcers suffered by Medicare residents in U.S. nursing homes is substantially underreported, leading to ...
SANTA BARBARA, CA, UNITED STATES, January 17, 2023 /EINPresswire.com/ -- “Decubitus ulcers are classified as ‘Never Events’ by the Centers for Medicare ...
More than one in 10 nursing home residents had a pressure ulcer in 2004, according to newly released statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Key findings from the report show ...
Researchers at the University of Chicago have found that the number and severity of pressure ulcers suffered by Medicare residents in U.S. nursing homes is substantially underreported, leading to ...
When a resident of a nursing home suffers from severe pressure ulcers any claim against the facility may initially seem indefensible. But careful evaluation of the record may very well show that not ...