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> From: "derrick" <derrick@difusiontech.com>
> Date: April 23, 2014 at 6:52:51 AM EDT
> To: "'Paul Rowan'" <perowan@gmail.com>
> Subject: RE: HCA Estimate
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> Also remember that Surgical Site Infections (SSI’s) are the 4TH LARGEST CAUSE OF DEATH – KILLING MORE THAN HIV, BREAST CANCER, AND AUTO ACCIDENTS COMBINED.
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> That’s a dirty little secret in healthcare today – hospitals DO NOT want folks to know this…
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> From: Paul Rowan [mailto:perowan@gmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2014 5:45 AM
> To: derrick
> Subject: Re: HCA Estimate
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> Is the average spinal infection rate really 5%? Even if it were an infection rate of 1200 it still saves $93600000 !!! This is a mind blowing statistic !!!
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> On Apr 22, 2014, at 10:49 PM, "derrick" <derrick@difusiontech.com> wrote:
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> HCA : 1200 Hospitals
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> Averaging 200 instrumented spinal surgeries per year avg.
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> Average infection rate of 5%
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> 12,000 infections per year for instrumented spinal fusion for HCA
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> Average cost to treat $78,000
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> ROUGHLY $900,000,000 IS PAID BY HCA ALONE TO TREAT SPINAL INFECTION ­– TOTAL COST ACROSS ORTHOPEDICS HIP AND KNEE IS LIKELY $3-$4 BILLION FOR HCA ALONE – US HEALTHCARE SPENDS $30 BILLION PER YEAR TO TREAT SURGICAL INFECTION HCA IS LIKELY 10% OF THAT # GIVEN THEIR CURRENT MARKET SHARE AND SIZE.
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> Show this email to Hunter and tell his Dad we are ready to be to poster company for Affordable Care “innovation born from legislation” – I can sell that.
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> Derrick W. Johns
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