South Carolina hospitals have been penalized for making too many avoidable
mistakes that harm patients a
recent article in the Charleston Post and Courier explains. Those errors include catheter-associated
urinary tract infections, central-line blood stream infections and "serious
complications" like blood clots after surgery or wounds that open
after surgery.
The 13 hospitals in South Carolina that will be penalized include MUSC
(Medical University of South Carolina), Palmetto Health Richland in Columbia
and Kershaw Health in Camden. More than 700 hospitals in the United States
will be punished for the problems it has allowed to exist and harm patients.
MUSC publishes quality and safety data on its
website.