Complimentary from the publishers of Readmissions News               November 2017
	"...our teams combined hundreds of SDOH [social determinants of health] data attributes and created a predictive model to forecast the probability an individual would be readmitted within 30 days. The model performed as well as a model based on clinical/EMR data only and demonstrated that 50 percent of those identified in the highest risk category (~1% of all admissions) were readmitted." Excerpted from: Readmissions News, Volume 6, Number 10, October 2017, "SDOH in Reducing Readmissions — New Perspective," by Anton Berisha, MD and Kathy Mosbaugh.
	Symptom burden increases risk of costly hospital readmissions Healthcare Finance News, October 26, 2017
	Effect of a Hospital-wide Measure on the Readmissions Reduction Program The New England Journal of Medicine, abstract only, October 19, 2017
	Most common adverse events linked to unplanned hospital readmissions Becker's Hospital Review, October 13, 2017
	Mortality, readmission and LOS have different relationships BMJ Quality & Safety, October 6, 2017
	Patient Factors Differ for Surgical, All-Cause Readmission Physicians Weekly, October 4, 2017
	Not All Readmissions Are Equal: Results of Care Fragmentation on Outcomes Journal of the American College of Surgeons, abstract only, October 2017
	Social Determinants of Health and Hospital Readmission Pediatrics, abstract only, October 2017
	The HRRP Is Associated With Fewer Readmissions, More Deaths Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC), October 2017
	An Opportunity to Improve Medicare’s Planned Readmissions Measure Journal of Hospital Medicine, abstract only, October 2017
	Impact of the HRRP on Surgical Readmissions Among Medicare Beneficiaries Annals of Surgery, abstract only, October 2017
	Preventing readmissions Today's Hospitalist, October 2017
	The Hidden Actors in Hospital Readmissions HealthLoop blog, October 27, 2017 Readmission prevention: The role of post-acute providers The World According to Dr. El blog/McKnight's, October 24, 2017 How Analytics Can Help Pharmacists Reduce Readmissions Drug Topics/Modern Medicine, October 16, 2017
	Striving for Stability in Chronic Respiratory Failure Patients Using an Innovative, Home-Based Approach by Julian Husbands, MD SDOH in Reducing Readmissions — New Perspective by Anton Berisha, MD and Kathy Mosbaugh How Social Determinants Impact Hospital Readmissions by Lawrence Troutman, MD, MPH Thought Leaders' Corner: "What are the most prescient factors that predict COPD readmissions?" Industry News with briefs regarding PatientPing, CareCentrix, Objective Medical Systems, and Telemedicine. Catching up with... Adina Burgad, PhD, MSN, CNM Click here to subscribe to Readmissions News, or find out more
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