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A hospital readmission is an episode when a patient who had been discharged from a hospital is admitted again within a specified time interval. Readmission rates have increasingly been used as an outcome measure in health services research and as a quality benchmark for health systems.
In addition, the frequency of hospital readmissions has dramatically decreased since the introduction of remote and home monitoring technology. There is consequently a growing demand for effective home medical devices, such as fetal and neonatal monitors, ECG recorders, temperature monitors, pulse oximeters, and event monitors.
An existing readmission-reduction program based on payment levels per 30-day episode has shown positive initial results. Maryland will also measure 65 preventable conditions associated with hospital care and seek a cumulative aggregate reduction of 30% on these measures over 5 years.
Reducing Readmissions: Hospitals participating in this network aim to reduce the readmission of heart patients back into the hospital, which increases costs and slows recovery. The goal is to engage health care providers and leaders at all levels, in an effort to improve the quality of care delivered to all patients with acute myocardial ...
In 2012, Inovalon partnered with industry researchers to conduct a study on Hospital Readmission Rates in Medicare Advantage Plans to track readmission rates among patients enrolled in Medicare’s private comprehensive Medicare Advantage plans, and develop initial comparisons with fee-for-service (FFS) readmission rates.
The rating is based on a hospital's performance on a range of quality measures, including readmission rates, safety of care and treatment of heart attacks. ... The hospital posted a 9% margin for ...
Another study out of Boston found similar results with homeless patients requiring 50% fewer hospital readmissions in the 90-days following medical respite program participation than those released to their own care (the street or shelter). [12] Medical respite care has been discussed in the American Medical New Ethics Forum. [13] [14]
In 2009 Parkland Health & Hospital system began analyzing electronic medical records in order to use predictive modeling to help identify patients at high risk of hospital readmission. Initially the hospital focused on patients with congestive heart failure, but the program has expanded to include patients with diabetes, acute myocardial ...