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 Never Event Investigations
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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

Table 1 - Information from "Economic Value of Professional Nursing",
             Medical Care: January 2009, Volume 47, Number 1, Page 103.
       
Never Event Investigations
                     
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.

We look at the three major indicators of future never events occurring: past incidents, organizational policies, and the current environment of the organization, in order to design a plan of improvement that will work for you.

We can provide staff training via internet based learning that your staff can do at their convenience.

                                                                                                        
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. 

We are fully compliant with all HIPAA regulations and do not request patient names or specific indentifying information except age and gender. We properly store and dispose of any confidential information that you share with us.

 

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.


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