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Transitional Stroke Clinic Lowers 30-Day Readmissions
Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center’s transitional stroke clinic, developed to provide standardized care for stroke patients discharged to home, resulted in a 48% lower risk of 30-day readmissions among patients who made just one visit to the clinic.
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Continue Communication After Patients Leave the Hospital
Hospitals that are doing the best in avoiding major penalties for readmissions are providing post-discharge visits to reinforce teaching, review medication, and make sure patients have a follow-up appointment and keep the appointment.
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Readmission Reduction Starts in the ED
Readmission reduction efforts should start in the ED, when patients first come into the hospital and when they make a return visit.
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Cross-continuum Collaboration is Essential in Today’s World
If hospitals are to reduce readmissions, it’s essential for them to partner with organizations in the community that provide post-acute care.
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Readmissions Are Down, Penalties Are Up — What Do You Do Now?
The Medicare readmission reduction program has been in place for five years but, despite decreasing readmissions, hospitals are still receiving penalties — $528 million in fiscal 2017 alone.
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Buy The Ticket, Take The Ride
Two research groups observe favorable outcomes in cancer patients who took psilocybin to treat depression and anxiety.
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Maximize Your Money
Would you rather receive $119 or more for $100 dollars of Medicare services or $91 for that same $100 of services? -
21st Century Cures Act Sails Through the House
The bill ensures investigational drugs and devices will reach the market faster, and provides additional NIH research funding.
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Understanding and Managing Angioedema in the Emergency Department
Angioedema is a complex and potentially deadly condition that has multiple causes, not all of which are well understood.
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Research: No Link Found Between the Flu Vaccine, Pregnancy, and Autism
New findings are promising for expecting mothers, but investigators still suggested the need for additional studies on maternal influenza vaccination and autism.