Search results for "Transitions of Care"
Postdischarge phone calls don't reduce 30-day readmissions, ED visits
Most trials of postdischarge contact with recently hospitalized patients involved a single phone call, often three days after discharge, and overall, the interventions showed no effect on likelihood of returning to the hospital, a review found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2025/01/15/postdischarge-phone-calls-dont-reduce-30-day-readmissions-ed-visits.htm
15 Jan 2025
Safety-net hospitals sent more patients to postacute facilities under bundled payments
A study of hospitals participating in Medicare's bundled payment program found that those with safety-net status didn't differ from others on postdischarge care cost or quality, but discharged a higher percentage of patients to institutions and a lower percentage to home health care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/11/24/3.htm
24 Nov 2021
ACP advises on improving transitions of care
The authors of a recent College policy paper talked about how patients can be handed off more safely.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/05/10/acp-advises-on-improving-transitions-of-care.htm
10 May 2023
November 2018
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/11/
Stroke transitional care model not effective in real-world practice
The primary outcome, functional status at 90 days, did not differ in acute stroke patients assigned to receive transitional care management and those assigned to usual care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/06/10/5.htm
10 Jun 2020
May 10, 2023
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/05/10/
June 2020
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/06/
November ACP Hospitalist online and in the mail
This issue reveals the latest group of ACP Hospitalist's Top Hospitalists and delves into oxygen supplementation, malnutrition, and transitions of care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/11/14/5.htm
14 Nov 2018
October 2007
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/10/
Home telemonitoring may reduce readmissions in high-risk patients
A randomized trial at two tertiary care hospitals found that risk for death or readmission within 30 days was 18.2% in patients who received home telemonitoring after discharge versus 23.7% in those who received standard care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/02/03/3.htm
3 Feb 2021