Search results for "Readmissions"
Varied surgical readmission rates associated with procedure volume, mortality rate, study finds
Surgical readmission rates for six common procedures vary across the U.S. and are associated with hospitals' procedure volume and mortality rate, according to a new study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/09/25/3.htm
25 Sep 2013
Hospital readmission risk prediction models perform poorly, review finds
Most risk prediction models for hospital readmissions do not perform well, according to a new systematic review.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/10/26/4.htm
26 Oct 2011
Readmission causes, timing and reductions analyzed
Readmissions of recently hospitalized patients were the focus of several studies published last week in the Jan. 23/30 Journal of the American Medical Association.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/01/30/2.htm
30 Jan 2013
Readmissions difficult to predict, study finds
Neither providers nor an algorithm accurately predicted which patients had the highest risk of readmission, a new study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/03/30/2.htm
30 Mar 2011
Care transitions program may help reduce 30-day readmissions
A new study suggests a program that helps older patients transition from hospital to home or other care facilities may reduce readmissions, though editorialists disagreed on the relevance of the results.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/07/31/4.htm
31 Jul 2013
Little evidence supports interventions to reduce hospital readmissions
There's no definitive evidence that any single intervention reduces 30-day hospital readmissions, a literature review concluded.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/10/19/4.htm
19 Oct 2011
Costs, readmissions higher when hospitalists attend upper GI hemorrhage patients vs. nonhospitalists
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https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2010/03/24/5.htm
24 Mar 2010
C. difficile readmissions, PPIs regimens top Digestive Disease Week news
Readmissions for Clostridium difficile infections and proton pump inhibitor (PPI) treatment for ulcers were among the hospital-related research presented at Digestive Disease Week (DDW), currently underway in Chicago.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/05/07/2.htm
7 May 2014
Bedside sitters, pneumothorax, and more
Research summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/07/in-the-news.htm
15 Jul 2020
Sodium excretion, postop antibiotics, and more
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/10/recent-research.htm
15 Oct 2019