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Integrated care cuts hospital admissions by a fifth
Integrated care can cut hospital admissions for elderly patients by at least one-fifth, according to a new report from RAND Europe, Ernst & Young, University of Cambridge and the Nuffield Trust.
Source of readmissions: hospital admissions, not discharge planning
Hospitals in areas that have high admission rates also have a high propensity for readmission rates, according to a study published today in the New England Journal of Medicine. Researchers at
EDs share strategies for slashing wait time
Thanks to revamping the way it handles emergency care, Parkland Memorial Hospital in Texas expects to boost its ED visits by one-third in the coming year, reports the Dallas Morning News. Most of the
Deaths from kidney injuries increase with weekend admissions
Studies have shown that patients suffering from a variety of conditions receive later and potentially lower-quality care if admitted to hospitals on a weekend versus a weekday , and those with acute
SPOTLIGHT: Documentation, evidence-based admission guidelines help hospitals fight payer audits
Post-payment audits by Medicare and private insurers often look at the medical necessity of admitting patients through hospital emergency departments and find that many patients should have been held
Weekend hospital care not as prompt as weekday care
Weekend hospital admissions could be bad for your health. Alarmingly, hospitals are less likely to perform a major procedure on a patient on the same day as admission if that patient was admitted
CMS posts death rate estimates for hospitals
For a long time, hospital-specific death rates were secrets. Administrators argued that publishing such rates was unfair, as it would be easy to make unfair comparisons if rates weren't adjusted
