2/1/2015, The HAC No One Wants to Talk About

http://www.medpagetoday.com/HospitalBasedMedicine/GeneralHospitalPractice/49825

The program focuses on improved management of pain, agitation, and delirium (PAD). While there are different ways to implement this safety and quality initiative, the evidence-based approach used by the ICU Liberation program is called “the ABCDEF bundle.”

On the surface, the results of this program appear almost miraculous.  And yet, nowhere in this article does it mention how patients were able to manage their pain.