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Readmission rates higher with chronic conditions
Hospital readmission rates for chronic conditions are substantially higher than rehospitalizations for acute conditions, regardless of payer or age group, the Agency for Healthcare Research and
Hospitals aim to slash the 4.4M preventable readmissions
Four million and four hundred thousand preventable readmissions happen each year, according to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). It's a daunting number matched with even higher
Government exchange considered to gather HIT innovation data
The Department of Health and Human Services has announced plans to develop an exchange to continually scan and collect data on health IT innovations and to help identify where critical problems or
Older seniors account for a large share of hospital discharges
The oldest adults have always represented a larger share of hospital discharges than their population size would suggest. So any proposal to cut healthcare costs must take a closer look at how older
AHRQ survey: Practices continue to struggle with HIE
If the early results of an Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality survey are a reliable indicator, physician practices are continuing to struggle with health information exchange. In the
Health IT not always integrated into clinical workflows
Previous studies of the efficacy of health IT in improving quality of care and patient safety have shown decidedly mixed results, largely because IT isn't properly integrated into clinical and
Most expensive hospital stays cost about $18,000 a day
The priciest hospital stays are also among the most futile. Among the top 0.5 percent of most expensive hospital stays, the average length of stay runs about 48 days and costs more than $500,000, yet
ONC contract could lead to another seminal IOM report
I've lost count as to the number of contracts the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology has handed out in its efforts to promote and advance the field of health IT, but
Healthcare-associated infections add 19 days to stay
Hospitals that are private/for-profit, have at least 500 beds, or those in metropolitan areas are more likely to see patients with healthcare-associated infections than other hospitals, according to
AHRQ: Practices need more motivation to track, improve population health
Go back to the 2004 strategic plan offered by Dr. David Brailer, the first national coordinator for health IT, and you'll find that improving population health was one of the four major goals of a
