HCAPs and Health Care Reform

Nurses General Nursing

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Specializes in Telemetry/Long Term and Critical Care.

For those of us that are dealing with the ridiculously unrealistic expectations of HCAP scores I have a question; now that the healthcare law is in effect, are HCAP scores going to be more or less relevant?

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Specializes in Med-Surg., Oncology, Observational Units.

More, because hospitals are being held accountable for their performance in all measures. Consumers are becoming more informed as to how their local facility of choice compares locally and nationally. Some of this is good and some of it could be done a lot better.

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