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Addiction Consultation and Medications for Substance Use Disorders Associated with Reduced 30-Day Readmission Rates
June 2, 2025
Clinical question: In patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) and alcohol use disorder (AUD), do addiction consultations or medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) and alcohol use disorder (MAUD)...
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Language Discordance Increases Risk of Hospital Readmissions
April 1, 2025
Clinical question: Does language discordance increase hospital readmissions or unplanned emergency department (ED) visits? Background: Studies have shown that language discordance impacts...
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Reducing Avoidable Readmissions is an Important Focus for Hospitalists
April 1, 2025
Now in its 13th year, Medicare’s Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP) continues to incentivize hospitals to do a better job of coordinating the care of patients they are discharging to...
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Comparison of Hospital Mortality and Readmission Rates by Physician and Patient Sex
January 1, 2025
Clinical question: Are hospital mortality and readmission rates associated with physician sex, and do these associations vary by patient sex? Background: Prior studies indicate that physician...
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Understanding Potentially Preventable 7-Day Readmission Rates in Medical Oncology Patients
January 1, 2025
Clinical question: What are the rates and the underlying risk factors for seven-day, unplanned, potentially preventable re-admission (PPR), among solid tumor patients in a medical oncology...
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The Association of Hallway Boarding on Readmission and Mortality Rates
- Diana Childers, MD, CHCQM-PHYADV
May 1, 2023
Dr. Childers Clinical question: Does inpatient hallway boarding increase in-hospital mortality, 30-day mortality, or 30-day readmission rates? Background: Prior studies have reported that the...
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Acute Care for the Elderly in the Home Environment Increased Physical Activity Levels While Lowering Costs, Health Care Use, and Readmissions
- Raghava Nagaraj, MBBS, MPH, FACP, SFHM
September 1, 2022
Dr. Nagaraj Clinical question: Can hospital-level care be provided in the home environment to reduce costs without compromising the quality of care in the U.S.? Background: Inpatient care is...
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Inpatient addiction-medicine consultation services decrease 90-day mortality and seven-day readmission rates, but not 30-day readmission rates or ED utilization
April 1, 2022
Dr. Munoa Clinical question: Do inpatient addiction-medicine consultation services (AMCS) affect patient mortality and medical utilization post-discharge? Background: AMCS are increasingly...
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Hotspotting does not reduce readmissions
- Sadie Trammell Velasquez, MD
July 1, 2021
Does the addition of the Camden Coalition of Healthcare Provider’s care-transition program prevent hospital readmission in high utilizers of health care services?
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Hospital acquisition had no significant change in the rate of readmission or mortality
June 8, 2021
How do hospital acquisitions or consolidations affect patient satisfaction, the rate of readmission, and the mortality rate?