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NewsPreventable hospital readmission risk not accurate
Despite their use for determining which readmissions are preventable, models that predict hospital readmissions perform poorly, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American Read more...
Patients leave hospital without meds
After discharging patients, there is a great risk of care drop off. A new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) finds that after discharge from acute-care Read more...
Heart attack patients less likely to survive when transfers exceed 30 minutes
When racing against the clock, time and treatment of are the essence. Unfortunately, the average time a heart attack patient waits to be transferred from one hospital to another is an hour, that is, Read more...
Three percent of 'frequent flyer' children rack up nearly 25 percent of inpatient charges
Apparently size doesn't matter when it comes to hospital readmissions. A small group of frequently readmitted children (2.9 percent) accounted for a disproportionate share of healthcare costs, Read more...
Hospitals risk readmissions, penalties with poor heart failure follow-up
Heart failure patients who return to a provider for a simple follow-up visit within seven days of hospital discharge are 15 percent less likely to be readmitted within 30 days, a study published in Read more...
Physician shortage could worsen if decline in fees, hours worked, continues
A decline in the number of hours worked by doctors correlates with a gradual drop-off of physician fees since 1995, reports a study recently published in the Journal of the American Medical Read more...
Chronic conditions soaring in children, study says
Environmental factors as well as greater access to care in the last two decades are partly to blame for a spike in obesity, asthma, behavioral disorders and other chronic conditions in U.S. children, Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: JAMA loosens rule silencing those alleging conflicts of interest
Traditionally, the Journal of the American Medical Association has had a policy in place demanding that those alleging that study authors had undisclosed financial conflicts keep their mouths Read more...
Groups planning phaseout of drugmaker dollars
With heat increasingly mounting on providers to turn away pharma dollars, major trade groups in the industry had already begun cutting back on their dependence on industry contributions. For example, Read more...
Leapfrog safe practices survey may have captured 'excessive noise'
A survey of hospital performance conducted by the Leapfrog Group in 2006 may suffer from "excessive noise" according to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The Safe Read more...
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