title: Do Patients Get Whacked When Hospitals Get HACed?
authors.affiliation: 1Alpert Medical School of Brown University,Providence,Rhode Island.
authors.forename: Leonard A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Mermel
mesh_terms: D003015:Clostridium Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D018562:Disease Transmission, Infectious / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus; D058991:Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; D058996:Quality Improvement / Q000458:organization & administration; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology