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Betsy Lehman Center seeks $2.3M pilot to detect preventable hospital harm; estimates large savings from reduced adverse events
Summary
The Betsy Lehman Center told the Joint Committee on Ways and Means that one in four hospitalized patients in Massachusetts experiences at least one harm event and requested $2.3 million to run an 18‑month pilot deploying automated adverse‑event monitoring in 6–8 hospitals.
Barbara Fain, executive director of the Betsy Lehman Center for Patient Safety, told the Joint Committee on Ways and Means that preventable patient harm is both a human tragedy and a major driver of cost and capacity strain in Massachusetts hospitals, and she asked the committee to fund a pilot deploying automated adverse‑event monitoring in a diverse set of hospitals.
What the center reported Fain said research indicates roughly one in four Massachusetts hospital patients experiences at least one harm event during an admission — roughly 80,000 harm events annually in hospitals alone. She said each hospitalized harm event creates on average about $10,000 in excess claims costs,…
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