Search results for "Readmissions"
Migraine may be linked to perioperative stroke, hospital readmission
The researchers calculated a predicted absolute risk of 2.4 perioperative ischemic strokes for every 1,000 surgical patients overall, 3.9 for every 1,000 patients with migraine but no aura, and 6.3 for every 1,000 patients with migraine and aura.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/01/25/4.htm
25 Jan 2017
October 2010
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/10/
Longer antibiotic therapy in patients with low procalcitonin during COPD exacerbation increased LOS without reducing readmissions
The retrospective study divided patients by whether they received inpatient antibiotics for more or less than a day, and patients in the former group had a length of stay (LOS) of 3.7 days compared to 2.8 days in the latter.*
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/07/11/1.htm
11 Jul 2018
Validity of hospital rankings for MI, readmissions
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/01/in-the-news.htm
15 Jan 2018
April 2013
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/04/
Postdischarge efforts fail to reduce readmissions
Two separate projects to reduce patients' hospital readmissions within 30 days of discharge by providing more postdischarge support reported negative results last week.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/10/08/2.htm
8 Oct 2014
Hospital at home plus transition care reduced readmissions, improved patient satisfaction
This intervention differed from previous hospital-at-home trials by including more diagnoses and 30 days of postacute care to improve care coordination, facilitate access, and enhance postacute illness self-management.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/06/27/1.htm
27 Jun 2018
Seeing readmissions from the patient's point of view
Researchers begin to investigate patient-reported outcomes.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/09/patient-readmissions.htm
15 Sep 2015
Lupus patient readmission rates are high and vary considerably by hospital and region, study finds
Approximately 1 in 6 hospitalized patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) were readmitted to the hospital within 30 days, according to a new study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/08/13/3.htm
13 Aug 2014
Study of Medicare claims finds good outcomes with hospital at home
Only 6.2% of Medicare fee-for-service patients who were hospitalized at home had to be escalated to another setting and 0.5% died during the admission, according to an analysis of 2022 to 2023 claims data. Their 30-day readmission rate was 15.6%.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/01/10/study-of-medicare-claims-finds-good-outcomes-with-hospital-at-home.htm
10 Jan 2024