Search results for "Readmissions"
April 2017
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/04/
December 2014
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/12/
Transition and self-management program help reduce COPD readmissions
A nurse-delivered three-month postdischarge program for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) included transition support, training in self-management techniques, and help with access to outpatient services.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/11/21/4.htm
21 Nov 2018
May 2018
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/05/
Readmission appears common after revascularization for peripheral arterial disease
At 30 days, the rate of nonelective readmissions was 17.6%, and patients were most commonly readmitted for procedural complications, sepsis, diabetes-related complications, and gangrene.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/12/06/4.htm
6 Dec 2017
July 2016
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/07/
Making readmission penalties hospital-wide could hurt safety-net facilities more than others
Researchers estimated the effects of changing from the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program's existing condition-specific readmission measures to an annual hospital-wide measure.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/10/25/4.htm
25 Oct 2017
September 2010
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/09/
July 2017
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/07/
Readmissions common with severe sepsis and mild or moderate AKI, study finds
A third of patients with severe sepsis or septic shock were readmitted within 30 days, and mild to moderate acute kidney injury was the only modifiable risk factor identified in these patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/07/29/2.htm
29 Jul 2015