Public Policy
08/08/2012
A new law enacted in Massachusetts directs the state Center for Health Information and Analysis to establish a consumer health information website to provide data on HAIs and serious reportable events from hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs), based on reporting specified in state law. The new law also directs the Department of Public Health to encourage the development and implementation of checklists of care that prevent adverse events and reduce HAI rates in hospitals and ASCs.
