| Condition | Added LOS |
Cost (in 2005 dollars) |
| Fall | 2.39 | $7,118 |
| UTI - Medical | 1.68 | $1,628 |
| UTI - Surgical | 4.58 | $4,770 |
| Pneumonia-Medical | 2.79 | $5,837 |
| Pneumonia-Surgical | 4.48 | $8,511 |
| DVT-PE - Medical | 3.09 | $5,281 |
| DVT-PE - Surgical | 5.65 | $10,349 |
| Surgical Wound Infection | 8.14 | $14,571 |
| Pressure Ulcer - Medical | 4.19 | $5,177 |
| Pressure Ulcer - Surgical | 6.59 | $5,484 |
| Adverse Drug Event | 3.80 | $7,789 |
| Why Choose Point Blank Concepts? | |
| Customized Innovative Effective Solutions |
We work with small and medium sized hospitals who either don't have the budget
or the staff available to perform the in-depth patient safety never event
investigations necessary to prevent future incidents from occurring. Unlike
other companies, we don't find problems that fit our solutions. We work with
your organization to come up with innovative solutions that fit your
needs and solve your problems. |
| Value |
We help you improve your patient safety and satisfaction scores as well as increase your Medicare, Medicaid and private insurance reimbursement rates for approximately the same cost as only a few never event incidents. The prevention of never events can add hundreds of thousands of dollars to your bottom line. |
| Quality |
All of our investigations are performed
following the standards of Total Quality Management. We take
pride in using our background in quality assurance and nursing
to improve patient safety in the hospital environment. |
Never events are hard on your
patient safety and satisfaction scores. But they are even harder on your
bottom line. According to Medical Care, and as shown in the
table below, these numbers are staggering. Medicare, Medicaid, and
private insurers are no longer reimbursing for the added cost of care
for these incidents.
Point Blank Concepts will perform a Never Event Investigation at your
hospital and will show your organization how to prevent the most common
of the never events.
