Hospital-acquired conditions cost billions, killed thousands in 2016

(By Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review)

Hospital-acquired conditions, such as air embolism, falls and trauma, and vascular catheter-associated infection, continue to be a problem in U.S. hospitals, according to a research brief from IBM Watson Health. Continue reading article here…

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