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August 2020

"Our results suggest that pupil area (of the eye) is a novel way to identify heart patients at elevated risk of death or hospital readmission. This provides an opportunity to intervene and improve outlook."
- Kohei Nozaki, PT, MSc, Kitasato University Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan.

A retrospective study of 7,507 adult patients discharged from the hospital between January and December 2018, found 5.2% of patients had an unplanned readmission to the same hospital within 7 days of discharge. 5.6% of the 7-day readmissions had one or more diagnostic errors. The most common diagnostic errors included failure to order a needed test or test (52.4%), erroneous clinician interpretation of a test or tests (47.6%), and failure to consider the correct diagnosis (38.1%).

Source: BMJ Quality & Safety, August 4, 2020

Dennis C. Emmett: 4 Interventions for Reducing Readmissions Due to Surgical Site Infections

1. Follow-up telephone calls
2. Expanding the scope of pharmacists
3. Mobile health (mHealth), for example, sending a picture of the surgical site for clinician evaluation
4. Assigning "visiting practitioners" to discharged high risk patients

Source: Hospital Topics, August 10, 2020

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Adoption of a Deep Learning Risk Scale Predictive Model to Reduce 7-day Readmission of Respiratory Patients at a Pediatric Center

Dr. Paula Dees presents results of a study from Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital.

Pupil size may predict hospital readmission, death in acute HF
Healio Cardiology, August 11, 2020

Hospital Readmissions for HF Linked to Higher Rates of 3-Year Mortality
The American Journal of Managed Care, August 10, 2020

Comparison of 30-Day Readmission & ED Revisit Rates Among Homeless Patients
Social Science & Medicine via ScienceDirect, abstract only, August 14, 2020

Trends in readmissions & ER visits 60 days after robotic-assisted hysterectomy
Laparoscopic, Endoscopic and Robotic Surgery, abstract only, August 10, 2020

Trends in Readmission for Medicaid & Privately Insured Pediatric Patients
Pediatrics, abstract only, August 1, 2020

Rates and Predictors of Readmissions in Patients Undergoing Bariatric Surgery
Obesity Surgery, abstract only, July 31, 2020

Readmissions & Mortality During Year After Stroke—a Population-Based Study
Frontiers in Neurology, July 24, 2020

Observational study assessing timing of readmissions associated with HRRP
BMJ Quality & Safety, abstract only, July 21, 2020

30-Day Readmissions: A Predictor of Higher All-cause Mortality for Up to 2 Years
Cureus, July 21, 2020

COVID Data Failures Create Pressure for Public Health System Overhauls
Patient Identity Management Key to ACO Success, COVID Response
Cambia Health Solutions Launches Journi - Powered by Data, Innovation and People
LexisNexis Risk Solutions Joins Patient ID Coalition in Support of a National Unique Patient Identifier
Welltok Uses Data to Predict Risk and Drive Flu Shots
SCAN Health Plan Leverages AI Based Predictive Models to Improve Identification of High Risk Members
CDC's NCHS Releases Most Recent Decennial Life Tables

In the previous Analytics Technology edition of Care Analytics News:

2020 Priorities Include Inter-Operability, Cybersecurity and SDoH
NTT DATA's AI AI Solution Predicts Risk for Early Onset of Chronic Diseases
Cambia's Data Science and AI Team Discuss Their COVID-19 Response
Health Care Workers of Color Nearly Twice as Likely as Whites to Get COVID-19
LexisNexis Risk Solutions Promotes Josh Schoeller to CEO of Its Health Care Business Unit
Pros and Cons of Predictive Analytics in Healthcare
Thought Leaders Corner: "Who typically has responsibility for Identity and Access Management within health plans?"
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