Higher hospitalist continuity of care linked to improved clinical outcomes
1. In this retrospective cohort analysis, patients admitted under services with greater hospitalist continuity of care had lower 30-day mortality ...
Tag: readmission rates
Hospital readmissions occurring within 7 days post-discharge may be more preventable than later readmissions
1. The percentage of preventable early readmissions (within 7 days post-discharge) and late readmissions (between 8 and 30 days post-discharge) ...
Quality improvement interventions may reduce readmissions
1. In this systematic review and meta-analysis, readmissions rates for both general and heart failure populations decreased after implementation ...
HOSPITAL score predicts risk of 30-day potentially avoidable readmission to hospital
1. The HOSPITAL score uses seven readily available clinical factors to estimate risk of 30-day potentially avoidable hospital readmission in ...
Lower mortality, higher readmissions rates for common conditions in VA hospitals
1. For acute myocardial infarction and heart failure in male patients older than 65 years, 30-day mortality was lower in ...
Medical home linked to lower pediatric readmission rate
1. Presence of an established medical home was associated with a lower, unplanned admission rate within 30-days, but not ...