Search results for "Readmissions"
Home telemonitoring may reduce readmissions in high-risk patients
A randomized trial at two tertiary care hospitals found that risk for death or readmission within 30 days was 18.2% in patients who received home telemonitoring after discharge versus 23.7% in those who received standard care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/02/03/3.htm
3 Feb 2021
Transition service reduced readmissions in young adults with chronic childhood-onset disease
Patients diagnosed with a chronic disease in childhood who received care in the med-peds line had a 33% lower relative risk of hospital readmission after 30 days.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/11/15/transition-service-reduced-readmissions-in-young-adults-with-chronic-childhood-onset-disease.htm
15 Nov 2023
Readmission more likely in heart failure patients with low calorie consumption
A small nutrition study found that all of the heart failure inpatients who reported maintaining a low-sodium diet were consuming an insufficient quantity of calories before hospital admission.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/07/15/5.htm
15 Jul 2020
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https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/03/20/free/zero-truth-medical-updates.htm
20 Mar 2024
Care pathway with nurse screening for delirium may have reduced length of stay, 30-day readmissions
An academic tertiary care hospital in Northern California found that adjusted mean hospital length of stay decreased by 2% and the adjusted odds of 30-day readmission decreased by 14% after implementation of a delirium screening and care pathway for inpatients ages 50 years and older.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/06/16/3.htm
16 Jun 2021
Inappropriate CAP diagnosis common in hospitalized adults
A prospective cohort study of 48 hospitals in Michigan found that 12% of patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) appeared to have been diagnosed incorrectly and that of these, 87.6% received a full course of antibiotics.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/03/27/inappropriate-cap-diagnosis-common-in-hospitalized-adults.htm
27 Mar 2024
Readmissions for heart failure within 90 days linked to long-term mortality risk
A registry study in Japan found that risk for all-cause death was increased whether patients were readmitted within 30 or 90 days of an index admission for heart failure.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/05/13/5.htm
13 May 2020
May 10, 2023
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https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/05/10/
Most Medicare readmissions were for diagnoses different from index hospitalization
Physicians should consider a holistic approach to planning postdischarge care while being mindful of patients' financial and logistical limitations, the study authors suggested.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/07/03/3.htm
3 Jul 2019
July 20, 2022
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https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/07/20/