Meeting
Abstract Number: 222
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: Mortality is the first quality metric reported by CMS, and historically a key measure for evidence based medicine since the 1800’s. THINK: John Snow removing the handle from the Broad street well pump to reduce cholera deaths Ignaz Semmelweis demonstrating washing hands reduced puerperal fever and death. Mortality rates are risk adjusted […]