Readmissions After Emergency General Surgery
With hospital readmission rates following surgery being increasingly used as a marker of quality...
Oct 25, 2016
With hospital readmission rates following surgery being increasingly used as a marker of quality...
Apr 14, 2014
In hospital settings, specialists are often consulted when managing patients with complex...
Feb 10, 2014
Throughout the United States, reducing the rates of hospital readmissions has become a top...
Sep 16, 2013
In the United States, community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is the leading cause of morbidity and...
Sep 13, 2013
Efforts to improve the care experience for ED patients have the potential for wide-ranging...
Aug 23, 2013
COPD is a group of progressively debilitating respiratory conditions, including emphysema and...
Apr 1, 2013
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...
Feb 19, 2013
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...
Dec 20, 2012
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...
Sep 24, 2012
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...
May 22, 2012
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...
Apr 16, 2012
The quality of care coordination is important to the United States healthcare system as hospital readmission rates are being further scrutinized. When hospital readmission rates are high, it is often the result of poorly...