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Multidisciplinary Patient Care: Readmissions

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Web-Based Resources

Turning Readmission Reduction Policies Into Results - The Commonwealth Fund, February 2014

AHRQ Preventing Avoidable Readmissions
AHRQ resources and tools
Readmissions
IHI Resources and Tools
Strategies to help reduce readmissions: Case Studies
J Family Pract 2014
How nurses can help reduce hospital readmissions
Am Nurse Today 2015
Six evidence-based strategies to reduce readmissions
The Advisory Board 2013

Articles on Readmission Reduction

The Hospital readmissions reduction program
NEJM 2016
Readmissions, Observation, and the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program
NEJM 2016
Hospital readmissions reduction program
Circulation 2015
The Impact of the Medicare Hospital Readmission Reduction Program in New York State
Med Care 2016
What Are the 30-day Readmission Rates Across Orthopaedic Subspecialties?
Clin Orthop Relat Res 2016
Patient Characteristics and Differences in Hospital Readmission Rates
Hospital readmissions reduction program
Circulation 2015
Understanding why patients with COPD get readmitted: a large national study to delineate the Medicare population for the readmissions penalty expansion
Chest 2015
Preventing 30-day hospital readmissions
Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis; JAMA Intern Med 2014
Integrating COPD into Patient-Centered Hospital Readmissions Reduction Programs
COPD 2015
Impact of a combined pharmacist and social worker program to reduce hospital readmissions
J Manag Care Pharm 2013

Readmission Reduction Policies: Getting to Results
Population Health Mgmt 2013
Relationship of Hospital Performance with Readmission and Mortality Rates for Patients Hospitalized with Acute Myocardial Infarction, Heart Failure, or Pneumonia
JAMA 2013
Impact of Social Factors on Risk of Readmission or Mortality in Pneumonia and Heart Failure: Systematic Review
J Gen Intern Med 2012
Hospital Readmission Reducation Program
AHA FAQ 2014
Understanding the Hospital Readmission Reduction Program
Case Study on Quality FAQ 2014

Focus on CHF Readmissions

CHF Readmission Rates
Target: 18.59%
Top Decile: 14.74%

Association between medicare hospital readmisson penalties and 30-day combined excess readmission and mortality
JAMA Cardiology 2017
Telehealth Protocol to Prevent Readmission Among High-Risk Patients With Congestive Heart Failure
Am J Med 2017
Use of Biomarkers to Predict Readmission for Congestive Heart Failure
Am J Cardiol 2017
Precipitating factors of heart failure admission: Differences related to age and left ventricular ejection fraction
Int J Cardiol 2016
A Remote Medication Monitoring System for Chronic Heart Failure Patients to Reduce Readmissions: A Two-Arm Randomized Pilot Study
J Med Internet Res 2016
The Prevention of Hospital Readmissions in Heart Failure
Prog Cardiovasc Dis 2016
Clinical factors associated with early readmission among acutely decompensated heart failure patients
Arch Med Sci 2016
Assessing Risk and Preventing 30-Day Readmissions in Decompensated Heart Failure: Opportunity to Intervene?
Curr Heart Failure Rep 2015
Transitional Care for Patients With Congestive Heart Failure: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Ann Family Med 2015
Protocol-Driven Allied Health Post-Discharge Transition Clinic to Reduce Hospital Readmissions in Heart Failure
J Am Heart Assoc 2015
Volume Overload in Heart Failure: An Evidence-Based Review of Strategies for Treatment and Prevention
Mayo Clin Proc 2015
Using the LACE index to predict hospital readmissions in congestive heart failure patients
BMC Cardiovasc Discord 2014
A review: discharge navigation and its effect on heart failure readmissions
Prof Case Manage 2014
In-hospital worsening heart failure and associations with mortality, readmission, and healthcare utilization
J Am Heart Assoc 2014
Discharge counseling for patients with heart failure or myocardial infarction: a best practices model developed by members of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy's Cardiology Practice and Research Network based on the Hospital to Home (H2H) Initiati
Pharmacotherapy 2013
Hospital-to-Home: a hospital readmission reduction program for congestive heart failure
S D Med 2013
Decreasing Congestive Heart Failure Readmission Rates Within 30 Days at the Tampa VA
Nurs Admin Q 2016 Case Study
Inpatient palliative care referral and 9-month hospital readmission in patients with congestive heart failure: a linked nationwide analysis
J Intern Med 2017

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