Hospitals may be unfairly punished for high readmission rates
(Medical Xpress)—When hospital patients have to be readmitted soon after discharge, hospitals look bad.
Other
Feb 15, 2013 |
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Study examines hospital readmission and mortality rates for Medicare patients
In a study that included data on nearly 3 million hospital admissions for Medicare beneficiaries with heart attack, pneumonia or heart failure, researchers failed to find evidence that a hospital's performance on the measure ...
Health
Feb 12, 2013 |
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Research finds substantial variation in readmission rate among children's hospitals
In a national sample of 72 children's hospitals, 6.5 percent of hospitalized children experienced an unplanned readmission within 30 days, with significant variability in readmission rates across conditions and hospitals, ...
Health
Jan 22, 2013 |
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Hospital stays shorter for prostatectomy, cystectomy
(HealthDay)—There were reductions in hospital stays for patients undergoing prostatectomy and cystectomy in 2004 to 2005, compared to those undergoing the procedures in 1992 to 1993, according to research ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 10, 2013 |
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"Protecting" psychiatric medical records puts patients at risk of hospitalization
(Medical Xpress)—Medical centers that elect to keep psychiatric files private and separate from the rest of a person's medical record may be doing their patients a disservice, a Johns Hopkins study concludes.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 02, 2013 |
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Shorter hospital stays don't compromise care, study finds
(HealthDay)—Fears that patients are being forced out of hospitals dangerously early may be unfounded, researchers report.
Health
Dec 17, 2012 |
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Studies examine whether therapies for heart failure are associated with improved survival
An analysis of two heart failure therapies finds differing outcomes regarding improvement in survival, according to two studies appearing in the November 28 issue of JAMA.
Cardiology
Nov 27, 2012 |
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Administrative data set not always best source for number of surgical complications
Hospital administrative databases, designed to provide general information on hospital stays and associated costs, are frequently used to find information that can lead to quality assessments of care or clinical research. ...
Surgery
Nov 27, 2012 |
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HF patients treated by a cardiologist, rather than hospitalist, have fewer readmissions
When a cardiologist attends to heart failure patients, even when the severity of illness is higher, patients have reduced rates of hospital readmissions, compared with those patients who are treated by a hospitalist, according ...
Cardiology
Nov 06, 2012 |
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Risk factors in hospital readmissions among general surgery patients identified in study
Identifying risk factors in hospital readmissions could help improve patient care and hospital bottom lines, according to a study recently completed by Georgia State University's Experimental Economics Center and a team from ...
Surgery
Oct 24, 2012 |
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Nearly one-third of kidney transplant patients readmitted to hospital within 30 days
Three in 10 patients receiving a kidney transplant require readmission to the hospital within 30 days of discharge following surgery, according to a Johns Hopkins analysis of six years of national data.
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Oct 16, 2012 |
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Hospital readmission rates misleading, study finds
When hospital patients have to be readmitted soon after discharge, hospitals look bad.
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Oct 10, 2012 |
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Hospital rankings dramatically affected by calculation methods for readmissions and early deaths
Hospital readmission rates and early death rates are used to rank hospital performance but there can be significant variation in their values, depending on how they are calculated, according to a new study in CMAJ (Canad ...
Health
Oct 09, 2012 |
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General surgeons identify postoperative complications posing strongest readmission risk
Postoperative complications are the most significant independent risk factor leading to 30-day hospital readmissions among general surgery patients, according to a new exploratory study published in the September issue of ...
Surgery
Aug 28, 2012 |
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Revenue-driven surgery drives patients home too early
Revenue-driven surgery and poor planning drive some surgical patients home too early, concludes a pair of logistical studies conducted by researchers at the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School ...
Surgery
May 11, 2012 |
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