How to reduce readmissions
Hospitalist Leadership Connection, October 12, 2010
Patient education, family involvement in the discharge process, and follow-up appointments can help reduce readmissions, according a new study, “Evaluating readmission rates: How can we improve?” according to the September issue of Southern Medical Journal.
Researchers from the CaroMont Inpatient Physicians and Gaston Memorial Hospital in NC evaluated more than 5,000 patients admitted to a hospitalist service at a community hospital. They found that the readmission rate (patients rehospitalized within 30 days because of the same condition) was 1.6%, lower than other studies that cited a 23.2%-readmission rate. Most of those patients (90%) received an accurate medication list at discharge. Twenty-seven percent of them had follow-up appointments at first admission.
“We suspect all-cause readmissions have room for more improvement, which should be the focus of intervention,” states the study.
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