Pneumonia: Drug-Related Problems and Hospital Readmissions

[Hospital readmissions related to drug interactions: a retrospective study in a hospital setting].

OBJECTIVE To examine the relationship between potential drug interactions and hospital readmissions. METHODS Retrospective study with 1,487 adult patients (> 18 years old) admitted to a general hospital in the city of Vitória da Conquista, Northeastern Brazil, from January to December 2007. Data were collected from Hospital Admission Authorization (AIH) forms in the Brazilian National Health ...

Reducing Hospital Readmissions

2 Introduction For most patients who leave the hospital, the last thing they want is to return anytime soon. Yet, many Medicare patients discharged from an inpatient stay find themselves back in the hospital within 30 days. Some of these readmissions are planned, and others may be part of the natural course of treatment for specific conditions; but, increasingly, some hospital readmissions are ...

Addressing Medicare Hospital Readmissions

Revisiting hospital readmissions.

1. Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Pub L No. 111-148, §2702, 124 Stat 119, 318-319 (2010). 2. Kocher RP, Adashi EY. Hospital readmissions and the Affordable Care Act: paying for coordinated quality care. JAMA. 2011;306(16):17941795. 3. Joynt KE, Jha AK. Thirty-day readmissions: truth and consequences. N Engl J Med. 2012;366(15):1366-1369. 4. National Federation of Independent Busine...

Predicting unplanned hospital readmissions

The number of unplanned readmissions is an important quality improvement indicator for Australian hospitals, as it has a direct impact on costs and patient outcomes. It is a useful indicator for patient multi-morbidity to identify patients that should potentially have different treatment or discharge plans. The objective of the Health Insights Challenge project was to develop a predictive model...