Transcript: HOSPITAL-ACQUIRED INFECTION RATES:ROBERT WARE HALEY

Article: Alarming MRSA Infection Rates Underscore Need for ...
U.S. Newswire;  October 18, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... to require public reporting of patient infection rates, according ... require the public reporting by hospitals ... By making infection rates public ... treatment. The public reporting laws are ... hospitals infection rates. More information ...

Article: Lawmakers prescribe cure for hospitals; Public ...
New Haven Register;  May 14, 2006 ;     535 words ... ... and public disclosure of hospital infection rates. From 20,000 to more than 41 ... ninth state with a law requiring the public reporting of hospital infections. In Pennsylvania ... regularly wash their hands to cut infection rates.

Article: Texas among states moving toward public reporting ...
Monitor (McAllen, TX);  February 28, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... charge to require public reporting of health-care associated infection rates -- and hopefully ... medical community for public reporting, physicians and administrators ... implement some sort of public reporting system, but she acknowledges ...

Article: OPINION: Fixing hospital infection rates starts ...
Herald & Review (Decatur, IL);  August 19, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... already report the infection rates and both have rates ... percent. So, while infection rates are not a problem locally, public reporting of these rates could ... aggressively. The public reporting also will help hospitals ...

Article: ASSEMBLY OK'S ASSEMBLY MEMBERS GREENSTEIN, MORIARTY BILL TO ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  June 21, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... required to regularly report infection rates for multiple ailments to ... the public's access to infection rates also would give hospitals ... the timely and accurate public reporting of infection rates can be a win-win for hospitals ...

Article: Lawmakers seek law requiring hospitals to share infection ...
Amarillo Globe-News (Amarillo, TX);  February 24, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... aren't required to share infection rates with the public. Senate ... Fourteen states mandate the public reporting of infection rates, according to the Association ... declined to release any infection rates to the Amarillo Globe ...

Article: GOVERNOR SIGNS LEGISLATION REQUIRING DISCLOSURE OF HOSPITAL ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  October 31, 2007 ;     650 words ... ... secrecy surrounding hospital infection rates is a disservice to consumers ... the public's access to infection rates will further motivate hospitals ... the timely and accurate public reporting of infection rates can be a win-win for hospitals ...