Search results for "Readmissions"
Readmissions common with severe sepsis and mild or moderate AKI, study finds
A third of patients with severe sepsis or septic shock were readmitted within 30 days, and mild to moderate acute kidney injury was the only modifiable risk factor identified in these patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/07/29/2.htm
29 Jul 2015
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https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/11/29/free/the-many-faces-of-hospital-medicine.htm
29 Nov 2023
Study identifies additional factors that predict 30-day readmissions
Having more difficulty with activities of daily living was associated with readmission after pneumonia, with other factors predicting heart failure or acute myocardial infarction readmissions.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/11/23/3.htm
23 Nov 2016
July 2017
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/07/
Heart failure readmission rates not associated with quality or mortality
The results raise questions about the validity of 30-day readmissions as a performance and payment metric for hospitals, the authors said.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/11/16/2.htm
16 Nov 2016
April 2011
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/04/
CMS metric for 30-day readmissions may not be linked with improved care quality, outcomes after MI
Overall adherence to acute process-of-care measures for myocardial infarction (MI) was high and did not differ significantly by whether hospitals had more or fewer admissions.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/05/03/2.htm
3 May 2017
June 2020
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/06/
Better heart failure outcomes associated with readmission to original hospital
Patients readmitted to a different hospital were more likely to be younger, to be male, to live in a rural area, to have been discharged more recently, to have had their initial admission at a teaching hospital, and to arrive at the hospital via ambulance.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/05/17/3.htm
17 May 2017
October 2017
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https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/10/