BLNK Medical Technologies LLC

failure to recognize, and manage in time, abnormally trending lab test values in critically ill patients can be deadly. this event is known as “failure-to-rescue” and plays a significant role in hospital mortality. up to 61.9% of in-hospital cardiac arrests could be prevented by closely monitoring vital signs and a specific subset of laboratory tests values (1) “in hospital, cardiac arrest is often neither a sudden nor an unpredictable event. evidence of deterioration during the 8 h before the arrest has been reported in up to 84% of cases..” (2) failure-to-monitor...contributes to the risk of failure-to-rescue (3) ahqr endorsed “failure-to-rescue” as a patient safety indicator nqf selected “failure-to-rescue” as a core measure to evaluate nursing performance in acute hospitals cms “failure-to-rescue” is a quality measure used to report and reimburse in pay-for-performance formula. nurses are in the best position to initiate actions that could prevent failure-to-rescue eve