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	"Given the recent surge of interest in reducing preventable readmissions, hospitals and health systems have begun using a variety of tools to identify patients at high risk of readmission. Where information technology capabilities are advanced enough, computerized risk prediction models are being tested and in some instances have been deployed in clinical areas with high rates of readmission. Most such models are based on a form of mathematical modeling called 'logistic regression' that estimates a percent readmission risk for each patient which can be compared with baseline readmission rates for a specific clinical service to determine whether a patient is high risk or not based on predetermined thresholds." Omar Hasan, MBBS, MPH, MS, FACP, Medical Director, Continuum of Care Strategies, Hospitalist Physician, BWF Hospitalist Service, Brigham and Women's Hospital
	"MPRO, Michigan’s Quality Improvement Organization, through its State Action on Avoidable Rehospitalizatons (STAAR) and care transitions initiatives, has identified that those Medicare beneficiaries who are admitted or readmitted to a hospital two or more times in the previous three months are at the highest risk for readmission. An analysis of Michigan Medicare claims found that 89% of readmitted patients fit this description." Excerpted from: Readmissions News, Volume 1, Number 5, June, 2012
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