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Rapid uptitration of oral HF therapies after HF hospitalization was safe, effective across LVEF categories

A high-intensity care strategy was associated with a reduced risk of death or heart failure (HF) readmission at 180 days in patients hospitalized for acute HF, regardless of left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), a prespecified analysis of a randomized trial found.
https://acpinternist.org/weekly/archives/2023/05/30/4.htm
30 May 2023

Primary care-staffed transition clinic may cut readmissions

A postdischarge transition clinic staffed by a primary care physician and other clinicians appeared to reduce readmission risk in a vulnerable patient population.
https://acpinternist.org/archives/2016/01/clinics.htm
1 Jan 2016

Adherence to sleep apnea treatment reduces health care use, costs in heart failure

Positive airway pressure-adherent patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction and obstructive sleep apnea had fewer health care visits, including ED and hospital visits, than nonadherent patients, according to a new industry-funded study.
https://acpinternist.org/weekly/archives/2023/07/18/2.htm
18 Jul 2023

Smallest practices successfully preventing readmissions

More doctors in a practice can lead to higher hospital readmission rates, a study found. Small practices can take big steps in keeping their patients healthy after discharge.
https://acpinternist.org/archives/2015/03/readmissions.htm
1 Mar 2015

Hospital readmission rates do not vary widely among primary care physicians

Among 4,230 primary care physicians in Texas, one had a 30-day readmission rate significantly higher than the mean of 12.9%, while none had a significantly lower rate.
https://acpinternist.org/weekly/archives/2019/05/21/2.htm
21 May 2019

Lower glucose levels before hospital discharge associated with readmission, death in diabetes patients

Even near-normal glucose levels on the last day of hospitalization were associated with increased risk for readmission and postdischarge mortality, and these risks increased as patients' glucose levels decreased.
https://acpinternist.org/weekly/archives/2019/05/07/2.htm
7 May 2019

Progress and limitations on vaccines, strokes and readmissions in COVID-19

A report warned that a few health care workers developed COVID-19 shortly after vaccination, and studies showed that strokes were rare in COVID-19 patients but readmissions could not be predicted easily.
https://acpinternist.org/weekly/archives/2021/02/09/1.htm
9 Feb 2021

Helping hands come from the community

Community health workers can help physicians and patients as part of a broader recognition that many factors that don't involve direct treatment can still drive medical outcomes.
https://acpinternist.org/archives/2019/11/helping-hands-come-from-the-community.htm
1 Nov 2019

Hospital at home plus transition care reduced readmissions, improved patient satisfaction in a case-control study

The study included 295 patients treated under this hospital-at-home (HaH) model and a control group of 212 patients who met HaH eligibility but declined participation or were seen in the ED when an HaH admission could not be initiated.
https://acpinternist.org/weekly/archives/2018/06/26/5.htm
26 Jun 2018

ACP policies target inequity to improve health

We must be intentional in our efforts to address the needs of individuals experiencing health care disparities and inequities based on social drivers of health.
https://acpinternist.org/archives/2022/09/acp-policies-target-inequity-to-improve-health.htm
1 Sep 2022

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