Outpatient therapy helps kids with eating disorders stay home after hospital stay
Eating disorders affect more than 5% of young people, and they have one of the highest mortality rates of any mental illness.
Jul 28, 2025
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Health Care Facilities Workforce and Services: News and Research on Patient Readmission
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People with substance use disorder 24% more likely to require hospital readmission within 30 days of discharge
People with any type of substance use disorder (SUD) stand a 24% higher risk of having an unplanned hospital readmission within 30 days of a previous discharge compared with those without the disorder, new UCLA-led research ...
Jul 23, 2025
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Patients discharged against medical advice impact their own outcomes and the health care system
About 1%–2% of all inpatient hospitalizations result in the patient being discharged against medical advice (DAMA), leading to more than $800 million in annual associated health care costs. To further understand the impact ...
Jul 8, 2025
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Research claims that private ownership actually boosts hospital performance
New research by ESMT Berlin and the Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH) shows that private equity (PE) acquisitions lead to substantial operational efficiency gains in hospitals, challenging common public concerns. ...
May 14, 2025
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Brexit has caused 1,485 additional deaths per year due to EU nurses leaving the UK
During the three years after the EU referendum poll, Brexit's impact on the NHS caused 1,485 additional deaths per year as a result of EU nurses leaving the U.K. following the referendum, according to a new study from the ...
Apr 30, 2025
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Too few ward nurses linked to longer hospital stay, readmission, and risk of death
Employing too few permanent nurses on hospital wards is linked to longer inpatient stays, readmissions, patient deaths, and ultimately costs more in lives and money, finds a long-term study published online in the journal ...
Apr 29, 2025
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Community resources help food-insecure kids make fewer ER visits
In a new clinical study published in JAMA Pediatrics, researchers at the University of Chicago Medicine found that a low-intensity program that "prescribes" community resources to every parent or other primary caregiver of ...
Apr 28, 2025
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Refining a hybrid music therapy intervention for patients with cardiac and pulmonary conditions
A new study from University Hospitals Connor Whole Health found that it was feasible to conduct a hybrid music therapy intervention for patients with heart failure and patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). ...
Apr 15, 2025
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AI screening for opioid use disorder associated with fewer hospital readmissions
An artificial intelligence (AI)-driven screening tool successfully identified hospitalized adults at risk for opioid use disorder and recommended referral to inpatient addiction specialists.
Apr 4, 2025
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New frailty measurement tool could help identify vulnerable older adults
Investigators at Mass General Brigham have developed a tool that can identify older adults at increased risk of emergency health care needs, rehospitalization or death. The tool measured patient frailty, an aging-related ...
Feb 21, 2025
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