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ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: The Medical Director of the National Alliance on Mental Illness Spotlights Hospitalist Communication, Attention to Discharge Details
April 1, 2013
Listen to bonus excerpts of our interview with Ken Duckworth, medical director of the National Alliance on Mental Illness and assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School
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National Medicare Readmissions Study Identifies Little Progress
April 1, 2013
30-day hospital readmission rates stagnate, research shows
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Soaring Medicare Costs for Unplanned Hospitalizations Underscore Need to Reduce Readmissions
March 2, 2013
Methods endorsed by Project BOOST program credited with double-digit reductions in hospitals’ 30-day readmission rates
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Special Interest Groups Target Healthcare Waste
March 1, 2013
New reports from HealthAffairs.org and the Commonwealth Fund point to wasteful spending, avoidable hospital readmissions
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Post-Hospital Syndrome Contributes to Readmission Risk for Elderly
March 1, 2013
Sleep deprivation and other patient stressors in hospitals may hike 30-day readmission rates, experts suggest
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Houston Hospitalists Create Direct-Admit System
March 1, 2013
Computer application streamlines time-consuming hospital admission process for referring physicians and PCPs
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Opinion
Win Whitcomb: Mortality Rates Become a Measuring Stick for Hospital Performance
February 2, 2013
Hospitalists can be crucial players in reducing hospitals' 30-day mortality rates and avoiding potential cuts to Medicare reimbursement
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Multidisciplinary Palliative-Care Consults Help Reduce Hospital Readmissions
February 2, 2013
Research shows lower readmission rates for seriously ill, hospitalized, Medicare-age inpatients who received consults from a palliative-care team
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Cardiologists Help Lower Readmission Rates for Hospitalized Heart Failure Patients
February 2, 2013
Research on post-discharge care showed cardiologists more effective than hospitalists in preventing heart failure patient readmissions
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VTE Pathway Improves Outcomes for Uninsured Patients
February 2, 2013
Standardized VTE care reduced readmission rates and shortened length of stay for uninsured patients in an urban hospital
