One hundred Kentucky hospitals have joined the Kentucky Hospital Association's efforts to reduce healthcare-acquired conditions and associated healthcare costs, according to a West Kentucky Star report.
CMS awarded KHA a contract, in partnership with The Health Research & Educational Trust, to establish a Hospital Engagement Network. The Hospital Engagement Networks are designed to help achieve goals under the federal Partnership for Patients initiative. Those goals include reducing preventable 30-day hospital readmissions by 20 percent and healthcare-acquired conditions by 40 percent by the end of 2013.
The 100 hospitals that have agreed with work with KHA represent approximately 80 percent of the state's total hospitals.
CMS awarded KHA a contract, in partnership with The Health Research & Educational Trust, to establish a Hospital Engagement Network. The Hospital Engagement Networks are designed to help achieve goals under the federal Partnership for Patients initiative. Those goals include reducing preventable 30-day hospital readmissions by 20 percent and healthcare-acquired conditions by 40 percent by the end of 2013.
The 100 hospitals that have agreed with work with KHA represent approximately 80 percent of the state's total hospitals.
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