News tagged with readmission
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Nurse staffing ratios affect hospital readmissions for children with common conditions
A new study shows that pediatric nurse staffing ratios are significantly associated with hospital readmission for children with common medical and surgical conditions.
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May 08, 2013 |
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SSRIs in perioperative period associated with higher risk for adverse events
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) – among the most widely prescribed antidepressant medications – are associated with increased risk of bleeding, transfusion, hospital readmission and death when taken around ...
Cardiology
Apr 29, 2013 |
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Patients' online hospital reviews reflect data on hospital outcomes
Patients' ratings of hospitals tally with objective measures of the hospital's performance, according to an independent study published today in Archives of Internal Medicine.
Health
Feb 13, 2012 |
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Compulsory treatment orders for mental illness need reviewing
(Medical Xpress)—Discharging mental health patients on community treatment orders after they have been involuntarily hospitalised may require them to be on long periods of compulsory treatment without any ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 27, 2013 |
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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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Superbug CRE may endure in patients one year after initial infection
Patients who tested positive for carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) took an average of 387 days following hospital discharge to be clear of the organism, according to a new study published in the March issue of ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 27, 2013 |
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First-trimester induced abortion not associated with increased risk of psychiatric readmission
First-time first-trimester induced abortion is not associated with an increased risk of readmission to psychiatric facilities among women with a history of a treated mental disorder, according to a report in the February ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 06, 2012 |
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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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Improved staffing cuts medicare patient readmissions
(HealthDay)—Hospital nurses with good work environments who are caring for fewer patients have significantly fewer elderly Medicare patients with heart failure, acute myocardial infarction (MI), and pneumonia ...
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Jan 04, 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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Simple heart failure checklist reduces readmission rates, improves care, could save billions
Use of a new, simple and inexpensive checklist appears to drastically lower the likelihood of heart failure patient readmission and improve quality of care when used before patients leave the hospital, according to research ...
Cardiology
Mar 26, 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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Study finds significantly higher hospital costs for surgical patients who smoke
Cigarette smoking contributes to significantly higher hospital costs for smokers undergoing elective general surgery, according to a study published in the June 2012 issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons. When r ...
Surgery
May 29, 2012 |
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Emergency room redux for many patients after hospitalization
Following a hospitalization, patients face many challenges as they transition home. A new study of this vulnerable period published by Yale School of Medicine researchers in JAMA found that a substantial number of patien ...
Health
Jan 22, 2013 |
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Short hospitalizations for heart attacks may increase readmissions in US
Patients treated for acute heart attacks in the United States are readmitted within 30 days more often than in other countries, a finding explained in part by significantly shorter initial hospitalizations, according to an ...
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Jan 03, 2012 |
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