Hospitals struggling with the financial impact of patient readmissions should consider recent findings that reveal many emergency surgical cases wind up back in their facilities. A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association Surgery found that nearly 6 percent of that patient population was readmitted within 30 days, with surgical site infections among the leading cause for readmission. "Reducing readmissions is a noble cost-saving goal with benefits not only to the hospitals, but also to the patients. However, it is critical to understand the underlying factors associated with readmission to appropriately identify quality-improvement measures that address the true problem," the researchers wrote in the study. Read the full article at FierceHealthcare