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Factoid
  “Medication non-adherence amounts up to $289 billion in wasted costs annually.”

Excerpted from: Readmissions News, Volume 7, Number 12, December 2018, Industry News: "Pillo Health Launches Innovative Home Health Assistant to Dispense Medication, Track Adherence, Deliver Care Plans."
 
 
What's News
  Hospital Infections Increase 30-Day Readmission Rates in Patients With Stroke
Neurology Advisor, January 3, 2019
 
     
  Using Artificial Intelligence for Diabetic Readmission Prediction
Towards Data Science, January 1, 2019
 
     
  EHR Use Helps to Reduce Hospital Readmissions, Length of Stays
EHR Intelligence, December 27, 2018
 
     
  Association of the HRRP With Mortality Among Medicare Beneficiaries
JAMA Network Open, December 25, 2018
 
     
  Predictive Analytics, IoT Data Flag ED Visits, 30-Day Readmissions
Health IT Analytics, December 19, 2018
 
     
  Hypertensive Diseases of Pregnancy Increase Risk of Readmission With HF
Mayo Clinic Proceedings via ScienceDirect, abstract only, December 19, 2018
 
     
  Patients with high trauma from hospitalization had more 30-day readmissions
ACP Hospitalist, December 12, 2018
 
     
Insights
Racial Disparities May Have Widened After HRRP Implementation
Medical Bag, January 4, 2019

Financial Penalties in Hospital Readmissions Linked to Higher Mortality
HealthLeaders Media, December 17, 2018

This Month in Readmissions News
 
  • ASPIRE+: The Execution Model By Amy Boutwell MD MPP
  • Preventable Hospital Readmissions Cut by More Than 25 Percent Under Innovative Contract Between University of Pennsylvania Health System and Independence Blue Cross by Diana Quattrone and Katie Delach
  • New Service in South London Reduces Hospital Readmissions for People with Bipolar Disorder by George King
  • Thought Leaders' Corner: "How can analytics help reduce readmissions?"
  • Industry News with briefs regarding Brooks Rehabilitation Home Health, Pillo Health, YouThisMe, PipelineRx, ConcertoHealth and MetTel.
  • Catching up with... Dr. Carlos Jackson

 
     
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