Complimentary from the publishers of ReadmissionsNews                September 16, 2013
	"The interesting feature of ‘improvement’ interventions is that a number of contextual factors, including implementation effectiveness, impact their success. To think that any of the read-missions ‘models’ can be deployed in every setting is unrealistic. Hospitals have discovered that adaptation of practices is central to the likelihood of measurable reduction in readmis-sions.” Bruce Spurlock, MD, President and Chief Executive Officer, Convergence Health Consulting, Inc.
	HCUP found that nearly one out of four patients with some of the most frequently treated conditions in U.S. hospitals -- congestive heart failure (24.7% of patients), schizophrenia (22.3%), and acute and unspecified renal failure (21.7%) -- were readmitted, while nearly one in five patients with some of the most common procedures -- amputation of a lower extremity (22.8% of patients); debridement of a wound, infection, or burn (19.1%); and heart valve procedures (18.5%) -- were readmitted. Excerpted from: Readmissions News, Volume 2, Number 9, September 2013, "The Revolving Door: HCUP Data Sheds Light on U.S. Hospital Readmissions"
	Leverage: Preventable readmissions and a recent OIG advisory opinion MedCity News, September 12, 2013
	Identifying Patients at Increased Risk for Unplanned Readmission Medical Care, abstract only, September 2013
	Pediatric Readmission Rates Aren’t Indicator of Hospital Performance University of California San Francisco Press Release, August 26, 2013
	Leveraging Mobile Technology to Reduce Hospital Readmissions mHealth News, August 22, 2013
	Recording Discharge Instructions Cuts Readmissions 15% in 6 Months
	Becker's Hospital Review, August 22, 2013
	Rothman Index' May Help to Lower Repeat Hospitalization Risk ‎Wolters Kluwer Press Release, August 15, 2013
	The Revolving Door: HCUP Data Sheds Light on U.S. Hospital Readmissions by Susan Baseman, DrNP, APRN, Laurel Holmquist, MA, and Claudia Steiner, MD, MPH The Medication REACH Program by Deborah Hauser The Editor’s Corner:  Introducing Miles Snowden, MD, MPH, CEBS; Jane Brock, MD, MSPH on the California Readmission Summit The Trenton Health Team by Robert Remstein, DO, MBA and Ruth Perry, MD Thought Leader’s Corner: “A recent Commonwealth Fund - IHI issue brief laid out a three-pronged framework for new readmissions metrics that included “a suite of measures that more broadly reflect the patient’s experience.” What’s your take on this concept and what kind of patient-centered measures might be appropriate?” Industry News with briefs regarding Florida Hospital Association; The Commonwealth Fund and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement; Pediatrics; Health Affairs; Medical Care; and JAMA Internal Medicine Catching up with … Alicia Goroski, MBA Click here to view page one of this issue Click here to subscribe to Readmissions News, or find out more
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