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NewsReadmission rate culprits remain elusive
Hospitals know they have to care about readmissions to improve patient care and protect their wallets, with reimbursements changes tied to performance. But do they know what really causes Read more...
Researcher: Socioeconomics not to blame for readmission rates
Socioeconomic factors may not contribute to readmissions after all, according to a Yale researcher. Harlan Krumholz, professor of medicine at the Yale School of Medicine, disputed Kaiser Health News' Read more...
3 ways to cut down on hospital readmissions
Hospitals are taking a close look at care transitions in preparation for reimbursement changes that will penalize hospitals for high readmission rates. To avoid Medicare cuts and penalties, hospitals Read more...
Hospitals with poor patients nearly three times as likely to face readmissions
Hospitals that treat lower-income patients are more likely to have high readmission rates--more than initially thought, reports Kaiser Health News. Last year, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Read more...
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 Read more...
Patient safety compliance doesn't equal lower mortality
As hospitals respond to Medicare's move to base reimbursements on medical outcomes instead of volume, officials should take note of new research showing that better compliance with patient safety Read more...
Coordinate safety, incentives to cut HACs, readmissions
The campaign against hospital readmissions and healthcare-acquired conditions (HACs) requires coordination--public and private, payer and provider, according to a new report by the Measures Read more...
Borrow best practices for hospital readmission reduction programs
Hospitals and health systems can pull the best practices from some of the leading models for hospital readmission reduction programs, adjusting the strategies for the individual institutions, said Read more...
Follow-up care, nursing vital to reducing readmissions
Are you keeping track of the makeup of your patient population? What about transitional care, does your hospital have a sound policy in place? If not, then you may not be doing everything you can to Read more...
Simple, improved discharge care cuts readmissions
Following recent data that discharge instructions boost patient satisfaction comes proof that improved discharge care can reduce hospitals' readmission rates. Thanks to an initiative that centered on Read more...
| Press ReleasesHospital readmission studies: Influencing factors identifiedContact: Jennifer Beal healthnews@wiley.com 44-124-377-0633 Wiley-Blackwell Race and insurance status increase likelihood of first readmission; poor nutrition and depression make further Read more >> |
