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April 2020

"COPD is a very common lung condition and one of the top reasons for hospitalizations in the U.S. More than 10% to 20% of these hospitalized patients get readmitted within 30 days. This is at an enormous cost to the system. We wanted to find if sleep apnea (another common disorder) increases the risk of readmission for COPD patients. This was an important question as early recognition and treatment of OSA may reduce readmission rates in this population."
- Sunil Sharma, MD, N. Leroy Lapp Professor and Chief, Section of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, West Virginia University.

A recent assessment of 430 unplanned hospital readmissions deemed 56 (13%) to be potentially preventable. The main causes for these potentially preventable readmissions were diagnostic (30%), medication (27%) and management problems (27%).

Source: "Preventability of unplanned readmissions within 30 days of discharge. A cross-sectional, single-center study," PLOS One, April 2, 2020.

JAMA Network Open: Percentage Decrease in Excess Readmissions of 5 Targeted Conditions for Hospitals with High vs. Low HRRP Financial Incentives

1. 45% greater reduction in readmissions for pneumonia
2. 172% greater reduction in readmissions for acute myocardial infarction
3. 40% greater reduction in readmissions for hip and/or knee surgery
4. 32% greater reduction in readmissions for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
5. 13% greater reduction in readmissions for heart failure

Notes: From an article entitled, "Association Between Financial Incentives in Medicare's Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program and Hospital Readmission Performance," by Geoffrey J. Hoffman, Ph; Olga Yakusheva, PhD. Study followed 2823 hospitals participating in Medicare's HRRP from 2016 to 2019. Hospitals with greater incentives for readmission avoidance had greater decreases in readmissions compared with hospitals with smaller incentives.

Source: JAMA Network Open, April 3, 2020

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Use of EMRs in development of risk prediction models of hospital readmission
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Personalized predictions of outcomes during and after hospitalization using AI
npj Digital Medicine, April 3, 2020

Assoc. Between Financial Incentives in HRRP and Readmission Performance
JAMA Network Open, April 3, 2020

Preventability of unplanned readmissions within 30 days of discharge.
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The Association between Sleep Duration and Quality with Readmissions
Clocks & Sleep, April 2, 2020

The HRRP and Readmissions for COPD, 2006-2015.
Annals of the American Thoracic Society via PubMed, April 2020

Reducing Readmissions Through a SNF Discharge Intervention
Journal of the American Medical Directors Association via Science Direct, April 2020

Predictors of hospital readmission in United States adults with psoriasis
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Causes of Cancer Re-Admissions: A Patient-Centered Approach
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