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Clinical Care
10 Approaches to Reduce Readmissions for Heart Failure and COPD
Patients with both heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease have a high cost of care, but there are multiple...
Clinical Care
Medicare's Hospital Readmission Penalties Having Widespread Impact
National data indicates the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program is having a positive impact on patients under 65 as well as...
Clinical Care
Patient Outcomes No Better For Joint Commission–Accredited Hospitals Than Peers
The study finds no association between hospital accreditation and lower mortality, and only slightly better outcomes for 30-day readmissions for...
Clinical Care
Discharges of Cardiac Surgery Patients Buck 'Weekend Effect'
Hospital admission for a serious condition over a weekend or holiday has been linked to compromised patient outcomes, but researchers...
Clinical Care
How Hospitals Can Avoid Broken Heart Syndrome Readmissions
Nearly 12% of Takotsubo Syndrome patients are readmitted to a hospital within 30 days of an inpatient stay, recent research...
Clinical Care
How to Assess Risk of Syncope Readmission
Identification of syncope causes and predictors can help clinicians formulate care plans to avoid hospital readmissions.
Finance
Medicare Eases Readmission Penalties Against Safety-Net Hospitals
Penalties will total $566 million for all hospitals. But many that serve a large share of low-income patients will lose...
Clinical Care
Mayo Clinic Tops U.S. News Hospital Honor Roll for 3rd Straight Year
U.S. News & World Report's rankings, now in their 29th year, compare more than 4,500 hospitals nationwide in 25 specialties,...
Nursing
Heart Failure Program Lowers Mortality, Readmissions
Nurse practitioner support after hospital discharge improves outcomes among heart failure patients.
Innovation
Diminish COPD Readmissions by Reducing Barriers to Health at Home
Community hospital population health initiative reveals many patients don't use equipment properly at home.
Nursing
Ambulatory Interventions Needed to Prevent Readmissions
To move the needle on readmissions, hospitals need assistance from non-acute care partners. Nurses can meet the need.
Clinical Care
Clinical Pathway for Heart Failure Decreases Readmissions
Compared to a control group of patients, acute heart failure patients in an emergency department's clinical pathway program had a...