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Health Watch USA^sm Serves to Promote Healthcare Value, Transparency and Quality A member of the National Quality Forum and a designated "Community Leader" for Value-Driven Healthcare by the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services.
Thomas R. Frieden, Director of the CDC, has stated “Evidence indicates that, with focused efforts, these once formidable infections can be greatly reduced in number, leading to a new normal for healthcare-associated infections as rare, unacceptable events”. -- October 2011 http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.1086/656002

Evidence found which suggests that there is a very strong relationship between the rates of Central Line Infections and the culture of safety in hospitals.

Can Inpatient Hospital Experiences Predict Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections? PloS One. Apr. 5, 2013. FREE ACCESS PMID: 23577195

Learn about the importance of Nursing in healthcare safety and how financial Incentives may be able to help assure a high quality nursing services.

"Moving Healthcare Quality Forward With Nursing-Sensitive Value-Based Purchasing". Journal of Nursing Scholarship. Oct 15, 2012 FREE ACCESS PMID: 23066956

If there is a USA Beef Cow Density Map by county, why can't we have a MRSA map or a map for all Health Care Acquired Infections ?? View the Health Watch USA Op Ed which has been posted by the Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics and Policy. Authors: Dr Daniel Saman, DrPH, MPH, CPH and Dr Kevin Kavanagh, MD, MS, FACS View Op Ed

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