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National Database Needed for HAI Tracking
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services last week expanded its popular Hospital Compare website to include outpatient data related to areas such as hospital 30 day mortality rates and 30-day readmission rates for patients with heart failure, heart attacks, and pneumonia. But one critical data point is still missing: the rate of healthcare-associated infections occurring in hospitals.