Readmissions After Emergency General Surgery
With hospital readmission rates following surgery being increasingly used as a marker of quality...
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Making the Case for Early ID Specialist Involvement
In hospital settings, specialists are often consulted when managing patients with complex...
Surgical Readmissions and Quality of Care
Throughout the United States, reducing the rates of hospital readmissions has become a top...
Reducing Readmissions in Community-Acquired Pneumonia
In the United States, community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is the leading cause of morbidity and...
Enhancing Patient Satisfaction After ED Visits
Efforts to improve the care experience for ED patients have the potential for wide-ranging...
A Look at Recidivism in COPD Management
COPD is a group of progressively debilitating respiratory conditions, including emphysema and...
Identifying Post-Op Complications for Readmission in General Surgery
In June 2009, CMS began publishing 30-day readmission data for select medical diseases, resulting...
Strategies for Reducing Hospital Readmissions
The costs associated with hospital readmission within 30 days of discharge are high. CMS and other payers are now measuring readmission rates and penalizing hospitals financially for poor performance. As a result, reducing...
Total Knee Arthroplasty Among Medicare Beneficiaries
Approximately 600,000 total knee arthroplasties (TKA) are performed each year in the United States, costing about $15,000 per procedure. “TKA has been shown to markedly improve health-related quality of life and functional...
Overnight Admissions After Younger Pediatric Tonsillectomy
In 1996, the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Academy of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery (AAOHNS) released guidelines indicating that children younger than 3 be admitted overnight for postoperative...
How to Lower 30-Day Hospital Readmission Rates
As new Medicare rules kick in, some 2,200 hospitals nationwide are facing financial penalties for 30-day readmission rates for myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure and pneumonia. Medicare payments will be lowered by...
Discharging Patients After Elective PCI
Among Medicare recipients, PCI is one of the most commonly performed cardiac procedures in the United States, with more than 1 million procedures being performed each year. Research has shown that the risks associated with PCI...
