Complimentary from the publishers of Readmissions News               April 2016
	"More than 25 percent of patients hospitalized for heart failure will be readmitted to the hospital within 30 days of discharge. Sophisticated analytics are able to comb through terabytes of clinical data to reveal opportunities to improve quality and efficiency. What’s more: analytics provide a way for hospitals to leverage their data to analyze and better manage specific patient populations. This important tool needs to be implemented across the health system so we can prevent patients from being readmitted for avoidable reasons." -Dr. Dennis W. Olson, MD, Cardiologist, Stormont Vail Hospital, Topeka, KS
	"Understanding of the treatment of sepsis has improved with evidence-based clinical guidelines, but sepsis-related mortality remains high, from 28-50%, and accounts for over a quarter of a million deaths in the United States annually. Associated expenditures exceed $20 billion, over 5% of total hospital costs, making sepsis the most expensive condition treated in hospitals in the United States." Excerpted from: Readmissions News, Volume 5, Number 4, April 2016, "Sepsis Readmissions: An Overview" by Dr. Michael Taylor
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	Mixed Results With Readmission Reduction Program MedPageToday, April 11, 2016
	Hospitals Turn to Community Health Workers to Reduce Readmissions MedCityNews, April 11, 2016
	Testosterone Therapy Decreases Readmissions in Men With Low Testosterone Mayo Clinic Proceedings, April 6, 2016
	Pharmacists Improve Care, Reduce Readmissions for Patients With Dementia FierceHealthcare, April 6, 2016
	Readmission Prediction Score Validated in Multi-Country Study HealthLeaders Media, April 5, 2016
	Sepsis Readmissions: An Overview by Dr. Michael Taylor Individualizing the Patient Experience to Reduce Readmissions by Lenny Verkhoglaz Coordinating Care Transitions Can Reduce Readmissions by Gerald Rupp, PhD; Jim Gera, MBA; Sue Caito, RN, CCM; Terri Morris, MSN, ANP-BC Thought Leaders' Corner: What role can analytics play in reducing readmissions? Industry News with briefs regarding Kaiser Permanente, Elsevier and Veritas, Grand View Research, MultiCare Health System, American Hospital Association and iHealthEngine, Medalogix and University of Texas Medical Branch. Catching up with ... Marion Sills, MD Click here to view page one of this issue Click here to subscribe to Readmissions News, or find out more
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