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Causes and patterns of readmissions in patients with common comorbiditiesPreventable readmissions to hospital are frequent, costly, and demanding on healthcare resources; they also represent threats to patients' safety such as preventable adverse drug events, healthcare associated infections, procedural complications, and avoidable exacerbations in disease states or functional declines. Here the authors set out to evaluate the primary diagnoses and patterns of 30 day readmissions and potentially avoidable readmissions in medical patients with each of the most common comorbidities. |
Health Intelligence Network: 3 Key Post-Acute Partnerships that Reduce Readmissions
1 . 67% of respondents cited skilled nursing
facilities (SNFs) as their preferred post-acute partner
2. 50% said they were partnering with hospices to reduce
readmissions
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Source: Health Intelligence Network, January 22,
2014
Source URL:
http://hin.com/blog/2014/01/22/3-key-post-acute-partnerships-that-reduce-readmissions-2/
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