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U.S. News & World Report's rankings, now in their 29th year, compare more than 4,500 hospitals nationwide in 25 specialties,...

Nurse practitioner support after hospital discharge improves outcomes among heart failure patients.

Community hospital population health initiative reveals many patients don't use equipment properly at home.

To move the needle on readmissions, hospitals need assistance from non-acute care partners. Nurses can meet the need.

Compared to a control group of patients, acute heart failure patients in an emergency department's clinical pathway program had a...

A North Carolina health system finds racial disparity in pneumonia patient readmission rates, identifies causes of problem, launches interventions, and...

When the rising numbers of non-admitted patients held for observation is factored in, declines in readmissions disappear. Are hospitals trying...

Researchers find that hospitals are most likely to be responsible for readmissions within a week of discharge, but outpatient clinics...

Researchers develop a new tool to better understand the role uncertainty plays in readmissions.

Rush University Medical Center is applying data technology in several areas, including documentation improvement, value-based care, dashboard development and implementation,...

Quality of care and teamwork across the care continuum have taken on a new level of importance as a variety...