Shorter length of stay improves readmission, mortality rates:
Despite fears that early discharge will compromise care, new research finds that shorter hospitals stays can actually improve readmission or death rates.
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Study Abstract: Associations Between Reduced Hospital Length of Stay and 30-Day Readmission Rate and Mortality
Study Editorial: Hospital Readmission Rates: Are We Measuring the Right Thing?
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Friday, December 21, 2012
Saturday, December 15, 2012
6 biggest drivers of healthcare waste
6 biggest drivers of healthcare waste:
A Health Affairs policy brief published yesterday points to care delivery failures, poor care coordination, overtreatment, administrative complexity, pricing failures, and fraud and abuse as the greatest drivers of waste in healthcare.
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Health Affairs Health Policy Brief Reducing Waste in Health Care
A Health Affairs policy brief published yesterday points to care delivery failures, poor care coordination, overtreatment, administrative complexity, pricing failures, and fraud and abuse as the greatest drivers of waste in healthcare.
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Health Affairs Health Policy Brief Reducing Waste in Health Care
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Telephone calls from nurses reduce readmissions
Telephone calls from nurses reduce readmissions:
A series of simple phone calls from a nurse can reduce readmissions and cut $1,225 in costs per patient, according to a study in this month's Health Affairs.
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Health Affairs:
Low-Cost Transitional Care With Nurse Managers Making Mostly Phone Contact With Patients Cut Rehospitalization
A series of simple phone calls from a nurse can reduce readmissions and cut $1,225 in costs per patient, according to a study in this month's Health Affairs.
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Health Affairs:
Low-Cost Transitional Care With Nurse Managers Making Mostly Phone Contact With Patients Cut Rehospitalization
Thursday, December 6, 2012
Communication failures lead to rampant discharge medication errors
Communication failures lead to rampant discharge medication errors:
Three out of four patients are going home with the wrong prescriptions or don't understand their medications, according to a Yale-New Haven Hospital study.
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Connecticut Health I-Team article in the New Hampshire Register
Yale study: Medication errors, confusion common for hospital patients
Three out of four patients are going home with the wrong prescriptions or don't understand their medications, according to a Yale-New Haven Hospital study.
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Connecticut Health I-Team article in the New Hampshire Register
Yale study: Medication errors, confusion common for hospital patients
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