Association Between Hospital-Acquired Harm Outcomes and Membership in a National Patient Safety Collaborative.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Hospital engagement networks supported by the US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Partnership for Patients program have reported significant reductions in hospital-acquired harm, but methodological limitations and lack of peer review have led to persistent questions about the effectiveness of this approach.

Objective

To evaluate associations between membership in Children's Hospitals' Solutions for Patient Safety (SPS), a federally funded hospital engagement network, and hospital-acquired harm using standardized definitions and secular trend adjustment.

Design, setting, and participants

This prospective hospital cohort study included 99 children's hospitals. Using interrupted time series analyses with staggered intervention introduction, immediate a

SUBMITTER: Coffey M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9315995 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature