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Researchers from the University of California, San Diego found that factors such as lack of insurance, economic instability and poor transportation to obtain care were associated with a 30-day …
Posted May 9, 2022 Social Determinants of Health Patient Readmission Sepsis Prediction
A study analyzing the electronic health records of nearly 2 million Medicare beneficiaries found that some hospitals are better than others at preventing post-surgical readmissions from the emergency …
Posted Dec 8, 2021 Emergency Service, Hospital Patient Readmission EMR / EHR
Every healthcare organization knows the importance of reducing hospital readmissions. It’s the perfect example to demonstrate how healthcare gets measured and can be improved. However, while most …
Posted Nov 12, 2021 Patient Readmission
Kaiser Health News broke the news on Oct. 28 that CMS has punished 2,499 hospitals nationwide for avoidable inpatient readmissions in the past year, under its ongoing Hospital Readmissions Reduction …
Posted Nov 3, 2021 Patient Readmission
It’s hard to find a healthcare manager who doesn't want to reduce hospital readmission rates. Why? Readmission uses precious time and resources of the doctors and nurses. It is also a major expense …
Posted Oct 2, 2021 Patient Readmission
Almost half of the nation’s hospitals will be getting penalized for failing to lower the rate at which patients got readmitted during a three-year period between 2016 and 2019, according to a Nov. 2 …
Posted Nov 5, 2020 Patient Readmission Medicare Updates