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Patients at risk for readmission during 'transient period' after discharge
New research from the Yale School of Medicine adds to the evidence that the "transient period" after leaving the hospital puts patients at high risk for readmissions.
Bridge health, social services to improve discharges
Investing in social work can lead to significant savings for hospitals by speeding up patient assessments and therefore reducing delayed discharges, according to a U.K. project.
Men have more readmissions, need post-discharge support
Men have a higher rate of hospital utilization within 30 days of discharge than women, according to a study in BMJ Open. Men are more likely to return to the hospital post-discharge if they are
Readmissions drop when pharmacists visit patients' homes
Imagine this: During an appointment with a primary care doctor, a patient pulls out a brown paper bag filled with prescription medication bottles, half of which are open and the pills have spilled
Proposed nurse scope-of-practice expansion to improve discharge
For the first time in 25 years, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is reviewing more than 450 comments related to overhauling the Conditions of Participation (CoP) to expand the scope
Cut readmissions with discharge 'passports,' communication
Discharge planning and provider communication helped Philadelphia hospitals reduce readmissions by 7 percent, according to a report released last week by The Health Care Improvement Foundation. Most
Nurse practitioners don't improve readmissions
Although adding a nurse practitioner (NP) to a care team can improve the discharge process, it doesn't decrease patient readmissions, according to a study published in this month's Journal of
Hospitals use post-discharge clinics to cut readmissions
With the industry focused on reducing readmissions, some hospitals are sending patients to post-discharge clinics to prevent them from returning. Hospitalists, primary care physicians, or
High-readmission hospitals use follow-up to keep patients from returning
Like other hospitals across the country, Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis suffers from high readmission rates. Twenty-eight percent of its heart failure patients on Medicare return to the
Hospital house calls cut spending by a third, report says
As a substitute for inpatient care at hospitals, hospital-in-the-home programs could cut governmental healthcare costs by a third, according to a study by Deloitte Access Economics released this
