The Illinois Hospital Engagement Network has announced $132.4 million in savings between January 2012 and June 2014 from 100 Illinois hospitals preventing more than 12,700 patient harms.
The prevented harms include:
11,023 readmissions
273 early-elective deliveries
264 central line-associated bloodstream infections
234 postoperative pulmonary embolisms or incidents of deep vein thrombosis
201 catheter-associated urinary tract infections
152 incidents of ventilator-associated pneumonia
147 surgical site infections
140 falls with injury prevented
126 birth trauma or injuries to neonates
123 pressure ulcers
46 manifestations of poor glycemic control