So assume for the purposes of argument that hospitals do not eliminate hospital-acquired infections, and that the states in which they operate require them to begin public reporting of their infection rates — as a means of (choose your motivator) shaming them into doing better, or warning the public if they do not.
This argument is [...]
As I said earlier, a panel of heavy hitters (and me, just the moderator) will meet later this month to debate the trend of states forcing hospitals to fess up to hospital-acquired infections. Nineteen states now require it and an additional handful have additional laws that specifically require MRSA reporting.
The unstated assumption behind those laws [...]
HAI reporting: Should it be legislated?
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