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National Campaign Reports Decrease in Pressure Ulcers

There is some good news today on pressure ulcers. Advancing Excellence is a national campaign to improve the quality of nursing homes. The group just announced, on its 2 year anniversary, that of its members’ residents 11.4% suffered from pressure ulcers. The national average is 12.1%. This means the campaign reduced the rate of pressure ulcers by .7%

David’s Comments: While the number in and of itself is not staggering, the real story is that the industry is trying to make itself better from within. Obviously it is better for everyone if change comes from within the nursing home industry rather than from lawsuits. The tort system (i.e. personal injury lawsuits) were developed a long-time ago with the idea that such lawsuits would in part act to change a defendant’s behavior for the better of us all. It is extremely unfortunate for society that the only thing businesses seem to respond to in order to affect change is taking money away from them.

Posted by David Brauns on May 6th, 2009 and filed under Bed Sores & Pressure Ulcers, Latest News. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response by filling following comment form or trackback to this entry from your site

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