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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/nrd/Introduction_NRD_2013.pdf
January 01, 2013 - can be used to examine national estimates of readmissions. … The NRD is designed to be flexible to various types of analyses of
readmissions. … Select the section labeled “Nationwide Readmissions Database (NRD).” … All-Cause Readmissions by Payer and Age, 2008. HCUP Statistical Brief No. 115. June
2011. … All-Cause Readmissions by Payer and Age, 2008. HCUP Statistical Brief #115. June
2011.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/postdischarge-follow-phone-call
May 19, 2021 - Case Objectives
Understand why preventing readmissions through postdischarge phone calls is important … Financial penalties aside, readmissions can be quite costly, and they carry the potential for harm to … Telephone follow up in patients with CHF was associated with fewer hospital days and readmissions in … Given the dearth of strong evidence linking follow-up phone calls to decreased readmissions, some programs … A case manager intervention to reduce readmissions. Arch Intern Med. 1994;154:1721-1729.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/innovation/project-boost-increases-patient-understanding-treatment-and-follow-care
February 26, 2025 - Innovation Patient Safety Focus
This innovation reduces preventable readmissions, improve provider … Frequent (but often preventable) readmissions: Studies estimate that approximately one-quarter of readmissions … using manual case review found that the BOOST risk assessment tool correctly predicted over 90% of readmissions … Preventability and Causes of Readmissions in a National Cohort of General Medicine Patients [published … Can we predict acute medical readmissions using the BOOST tool? A retrospective case note review.
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www.ahrq.gov/data/resources/index.html?page=1
HCUP Statistical Briefs: Readmissions
These HCUP Statistical Briefs provide statistics about readmissions … to U.S. hospitals, including readmissions involving specific conditions (diagnoses) and procedures.
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/nrd/Introduction_NRD_2010-2016.pdf
January 01, 2016 - can be used to generate national estimates of readmissions. … This allows December to identify all-cause 30-day readmissions. … o All-cause readmissions: Use discharge months of January through December. … o All-cause readmissions: Use discharge months of January through October. … Calculating Nationwide Readmissions Database
(NRD) Variances.
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/about.html
December 01, 2017 - (Video)
Strategy 1
Strategy 2
Strategy 3
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Hospital Guide to Reducing Medicaid Readmissions … Reducing readmissions is a national priority for payers, providers, and policymakers seeking to improve … Readmissions are a significant issue among patients with Medicaid. … Healthcare Research and Quality commissioned this guide to identify ways evidence-based strategies to reduce readmissions … Research showed that the RED was effective at reducing readmissions and posthospital emergency department
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45330/psn-pdf
August 03, 2016 - issue/association-between-hospital-performance-patient-safety-and-30-day-
mortality-and-unplanned
Readmissions … Services, this secondary analysis examined the link between rates of adverse events and rates of
readmissions … A PSNet
interview discussed the intersection of readmissions and quality. … association-between-hospital-performance-patient-safety-and-30-day-mortality-and-unplanned
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/factors-contributing-all-cause-30-day-readmissions-structured-case-series-across
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/developing-interactive-patient-centered-mhealth-tool-enhance-post-cystectomy
January 01, 2023 - actionable quality improvement strategies to reduce 30-day risk-adjusted surgical outcomes, such as readmissions … Among surgical patients, readmissions are most common among elderly patients undergoing major abdominal … Complications leading to readmissions may be mitigated if they are rapidly identified and addressed. … cancer patients undergoing major surgery and reduce the high rate of post-discharge complications and readmissions
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/impact-structured-interdisciplinary-bedside-rounding-patient-outcomes-large-academic-health
December 09, 2020 - This study explored the influence of structured interdisciplinary bedside rounding (SIBR) on readmissions … admitted to a unit with SIBR (odds ratio=0.70); the intervention did not reduce length of stay or 30-day readmissions … Safety Innovations
Enhancing Support for Patients’ Social Needs to Reduce Hospital Readmissions
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/heart-failure-transition-care_clinician.pdf
October 01, 2015 - Transitional Care Interventions To Prevent
Readmissions for People With Heart Failure
Focus of This … effectiveness, and harms of transitional care interventions (defined in Table 1) that aim to reduce readmissions … Structured
telephone support reduced HF-specific readmissions (high
SOE) and mortality (moderate SOE … However, structured telephone support did not reduce
all-cause readmissions over a similar time period … Readmissions account for an estimated $15 billion in
annual Medicare spending.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/50426/psn-pdf
January 01, 2020 - (including medication
reconciliation) by hospital-based pharmacists can reduce adverse events and readmissions … Researchers found that patients receiving the service had a reduction in readmissions
and death. … effect-hospital-multifaceted-clinical-pharmacist-intervention-risk-readmission-randomized
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/readmissions-and-adverse-events-after-discharge
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43415/psn-pdf
September 10, 2014 - project-boost-implementation-lessons-learned
This qualitative study of a large-scale quality improvement effort to reduce readmissions … ://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/project-boost-mentored-implementation-program
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/readmissions-and-adverse-events-after-discharge … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/readmissions-and-adverse-events-after-discharge
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/communication-gaps-and-readmissions-hospital-patients-aged-75-years-and-older-observational
July 19, 2023 - Study
Communication gaps and readmissions to hospital for patients aged 75 years … Communication gaps and readmissions to hospital for patients aged 75 years and older: observational study … Communication gaps and readmissions to hospital for patients aged 75 years and older: observational study
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/hospital-readmission-and-parent-perceptions-their-childs-hospital-discharge
July 03, 2016 - Hospital readmissions have emerged as a national policy priority, in part spurred by financial penalties … Unplanned 30-day readmissions were significantly more likely when parents did not believe that their … strategies to prevent adverse events after discharge and Project RED researches strategies for reducing readmissions
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/nrd/Introduction_NRD_2010-2017.pdf
January 01, 2017 - can be used to generate national estimates of readmissions. … This allows December to identify all-cause 30-day readmissions. … o All-cause readmissions: Use discharge months of January through December. … o All-cause readmissions: Use discharge months of January through October. … Calculating Nationwide Readmissions Database
(NRD) Variances.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45779/psn-pdf
January 10, 2018 - period found an
association between Patient Safety Indicators and longer length of stay, unplanned readmissions … link-between-clinically-validated-patient-safety-indicators-and-clinical-outcomes
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-indicators-overview
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/readmissions-observation-and-hospital-readmissions-reduction-program
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/making-healthcare-safer/mhs3/care-transitions-1.pdf
March 01, 2020 - Hospital readmissions reduction program. … Readmissions, observation, and the hospital
readmissions reduction program. … The
HRRP has increased attention on readmissions and length of hospital stay. … of readmissions
if one risk factor was
included. … Thirty-day
readmissions were
fewer for participants
who received CTI.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43047/psn-pdf
August 02, 2015 - Program's risk calculator for post-operative complications to ascertain whether it would
predict 30-day readmissions … The authors suggest that identifying patients at risk
for both readmissions and complications prospectively … psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/variation-hospital-mortality-associated-inpatient-surgery
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/readmissions-and-adverse-events-after-discharge
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45010/psn-pdf
March 30, 2016 - https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/most-dangerous-time-hospital-it-may-be-when-you-leave
Preventing readmissions … deficits-communication-and-information-transfer-between-hospital-based-and-primary-care
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/readmissions-observation-and-hospital-readmissions-reduction-program
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47394/psn-pdf
January 27, 2019 - issue/evaluating-implementation-project-re-engineered-discharge-red-five-veterans-
health
Reducing readmissions … evaluating-implementation-project-re-engineered-discharge-red-five-veterans-health
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/readmissions-observation-and-hospital-readmissions-reduction-program