Triple Aim and the Hospital Readmission Reduction Program

Readmission rates in not-for-profit vs. proprietary hospitals before and after the hospital readmission reduction program implementation

BACKGROUND The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act established the Hospital Readmission Reduction Program (HRRP) to penalize hospitals with excessive 30-day hospital readmissions of Medicare enrollees for specific conditions. This policy was aimed at increasing the quality of care delivered to patients and decreasing the amount of money paid for potentially preventable hospital readmissi...

Burden of Clostridium difficile infection on hospital readmissions and its potential impact under the Hospital Readmission Reduction Program.

BACKGROUND Both Clostridium [corrected] difficile infection (CDI) rates in hospitals and interest in reducing 30-day readmission rates have increased dramatically in the United States. The objective of this study was to characterize the burden of CDI on 30-day hospital readmissions at a tertiary care health-system. METHODS A patient discharge database was used to identify patients with a CDI ...

The AAN and the triple aim.

The triple aim: care, health, and cost.

Improving the U.S. health care system requires simultaneous pursuit of three aims: improving the experience of care, improving the health of populations, and reducing per capita costs of health care. Preconditions for this include the enrollment of an identified population, a commitment to universality for its members, and the existence of an organization (an "integrator") that accepts responsi...

Comprehensive program reduces hospital readmission rates after total joint arthroplasty.

Hospital readmissions are quality indicators of healthcare delivery. Our purpose is to examine the effect of a program designed to reduce readmissions after total joint replacement. We initiated a comprehensive program with 4 goals: (1) outpatient workup of venous thromboembolism; (2) decrease surgical site infection; (3) early follow-up with primary care physicians; and (4) increase physician...