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EMR-based risk stratification plus increased support for highest-risk patients improves readmission rates in heart failure

Risk stratification using an electronic medical record (EMR) combined with the use of evidence-based interventions for patients at highest risk helped reduce readmissions for heart failure, a new study found.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2013/08/06/5.htm
6 Aug 2013

Lupus patient readmission rates are high and vary considerably by hospital, region, study finds

Approximately 1 in 6 hospitalized patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) were readmitted to the hospital within 30 days, according to a new study.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2014/08/12/5.htm
12 Aug 2014

Pushing toward gender equity in medicine

At the Women in Medicine Summit, held virtually last October, experts offered strategies to help support women in medicine during the pandemic and beyond.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2021/01/pushing-toward-gender-equity-in-medicine.htm
1 Jan 2021

Anticoagulation for heart failure and afib associated with reductions in mortality, but maybe not readmissions

Starting anticoagulation for older patients with heart failure and atrial fibrillation at hospital discharge was associated with improved mortality at 1 and 3 years but was not associated with improved rates of all-cause cardiovascular readmission or stroke, a study found.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2014/09/16/6.htm
16 Sep 2014

Readmissions frequent, one-quarter related to new problem

Rates and causes of hospital readmissions, and the infrequency of follow-up care, were quantified in a new research brief from the National Institute for Health Care Reform.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2011/12/13/6.htm
13 Dec 2011

Transitional care can be effective, underused

Clinicians are figuring out ways to flag those complex patients in advance and then better support them during transitions in care.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2018/11/transitional-care-can-be-effective-underused.htm
1 Nov 2018

Little evidence supports interventions to reduce hospital readmissions

There's no definitive evidence that any single intervention reduces 30-day hospital readmissions, a literature review concluded.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2011/10/18/5.htm
18 Oct 2011

Early follow-up reduces heart failure readmissions

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https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/05/11/6.htm
11 May 2010

‘Tectonic’ change involves new reimbursement models

An expert offers four recommendations for tackling value and care model innovation.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2019/02/tectonic-change-involves-new-reimbursement-models.htm
1 Feb 2019

Automated texting after hospital stay associated with fewer returns to hospital

A cohort study found that ED visits and readmissions were less common among patients who received check-in texts from their primary care practice for 30 days postdischarge compared with those who did not.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2022/11/01/2.htm
1 Nov 2022

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