Their list of the 15 most common reasons CMS cited a hospital in 2023 includes:
1. Patient rights: Care in a safe setting
2. Patient rights
3. RN supervision of nursing care
4. Nursing services
5. Medical screening exam
6. Compliance with 489.24 (transfers)
7. Patient rights: Free from abuse/harassment
8. Supervision of contract staff
9. Nursing care plan
10. Patient safety
11. Administration of drugs
12. Staffing and delivery of care
13. Infection control program
14. Patient rights: Restraint or seclusion
15. Quality assurance/performance improvement (QAPI)
Education as Prevention
To try to mitigate these risks, LAMMICO offers our insured hospitals complimentary education related to these risk management and patient safety topics. These online courses are available through LAMMICO's subsidiary, Medical Interactive Community (MI):
- "Patients' Rights in Hospitals"
- "Abuse and Neglect: Recognition and Response"
- "Reducing Inpatient Medication Administration Errors"
- "Healthcare-Associated Infections: Risks and Prevention"
- "Restraints and Seclusion"
Accessing Education
The MI website is your one-stop site for LAMMICO’s comprehensive library of online Continuing Medical Education (CME) and Continuing Nursing Education (CNE) courses. Nearly all of our online CME courses are eligible to satisfy MOC Part II requirements. If you are a LAMMICO policyholder, taking our online courses is as easy as logging in at lammico.com/login. LAMMICO-insured hospital and facility users can log in at medicalinteractive.com/login. All the educational courses and other products on MI – monographs, videos, slideshows and articles, for example – are FREE for LAMMICO insureds!