Medicare is preparing to penalize about 750 hospitals that have the highest rates of infections and patient injuries. The sanctions, estimated to total $330 million over a year, will kick in at a time when most infections and accidents in hospitals are on the decline, but still too common.
In 2012, 1 out of every 8 patients nationally suffered a potentially avoidable complication during a hospital stay, the government estimates. Even infections that are waning are not decreasing fast enough to meet targets set by federal health officials. Meanwhile, new strains of antibiotic-resistant bacteria are making infections much harder to cure.
for those 330 Million they can buy a lot of AS machines. MZEI with all the contacts Dr. Zoutman and Dr. shannon have, should be known in the field already. so the only hold up I see is still EPA approval..it´s just frustrating and horrible to think that they are probably occupied to replace this 7000 porno files on their working computers, which were discovered, with new once - lol and don´t have the time to do their real job - lol
