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Clinical Care
Study: Physical and Occupational Therapy Improves Pneumonia Patient OutcomesThe more physical and occupational therapy visits pneumonia patients receive while hospitalized, the lower the risk of readmission or death,...
Innovation
How Rush Uses Robocalls to Reduce ReadmissionsThe Chicago medical center has figured out how to get 80% of patients to answer automated calls after discharge, and...
Clinical Care
Seniors Often Face New Disabilities After Hospital DischargeResearch suggests that these new disabilities can lead to readmissions, placement in a nursing home, and continued declines in patients'...
Finance
Value-based Metrics Penalize Top-Performing HospitalsHospitals recognized for high-quality cardiac care are more likely to be penalized under value-based programs than other hospitals.
Clinical Care
Camden Coalition Remains Committed to 'Hotspotting' Despite SetbackA recent New England Journal of Medicine study is "not an indictment against all care management and care coordination programs,"...
Clinical Care
4 Initiatives of Patient Experience Success at UnityPoint HealthOne of the efforts to improve patient experience at UnityPoint Health is the launch of LGBTQ-friendly clinics.
Clinical Care
What's Really Driving 30-day Readmission Declines?A Harvard study offers an alternative explanation for declines in hospital readmissions.
Clinical Care
New Round of Medicare Readmission Penalties Hits 2,583 HospitalsOf the 3,129 general hospitals evaluated in the Hospital Readmission Reduction Program, 83% received a penalty.
Clinical Care
Frailty Tied to Greater Risk of ReadmissionsAlso associated with short-term mortality in Medicare patients with pneumonia, heart problems.
Clinical Care
Have Readmissions Penalties Jumped the Shark?New research suggests that CMS may no longer be able to squeeze any significant savings from its Hospital Readmissions Reduction...
Clinical Care
Clinician Visits at SNFs Linked to Readmission and Mortality RatesNew research indicates incentives for clinician assessments of hospital-discharged skilled nursing facility patients should be strengthened.
Clinical Care
In-Hospital Delirium Predictive of Readmission, Discharge to Postacute Facilities, ER VisitsNew research shows that in-hospital delirium patients are vulnerable during the early posthospitalization period.