(Aug. 8, 2025) – This week, the American Hospital Association and Vizient released a
report on evidence-based factors that may have contributed to improved outcomes for hospitalized surgical patients. Key findings outlined in the report included an improvement in hospital mortality rates since 2022. Patient safety indicators were further analyzed and three areas of improvement noted were postoperative sepsis rate, postoperative respiratory failure rate and postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rate. Infections and falls were reported to be decreasing as well, all while acuity for hospitalized surgical patients continues to rise.
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Karen Braman