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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"HRRP"”.
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Adult Postoperative Open-Heart Patients: Anemia and 30-Day Hospital Readmission
… of the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP) and discuss the political, social, and economic implications of CABG as a newly targeted condition within the HRRP.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Approach. </strong>To address aim 1, the Walker and Avant model for concept analysis was used to review …
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Post-acute care transitions for adults with serious mental illness
… by the hospital readmission reduction program (HRRP), where patients with both SMI and a HRRP condition are more likely to be admitted to a preferred SNF partner. In Chapter Two, I use data from a nationally representative survey of SNFs and their two top volume hospital partners to examine …
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Preventing Hospital Readmission In The Sepsis Patient: A Multi-Modal Discharge National Framework
… Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP) requires hospitals to provide efficient patient discharge coordination to prevent readmissions or risk financial penalties. Although a substantial value capture opportunity exists to reduce avoidable readmissions, a significant gap exists in …
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Reducing 30-Day Hospital Readmission In The Older Homebound Population: Using An Interprofessional Communication Protocol Within A Multidisciplinary Hospital At Home Program
… The Hospital Readmission Reduction Program (HRRP) deemed that one in five patients that were discharged from the hospital were readmitted within 30 days, resulting in an annual waste of $17 billion. The increase in homebound older patients, coupled with ongoing avoidable 30-day readmissions, …
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A Multi-Method Analysis of Hospital Readmissions and Medicare Penalties
Hospital readmissions can worsen patient outcomes and contribute to substantial healthcare costs. Because many readmissions are considered preventable, reducing them has become a national priority in the United States, with Medicare penalizing hospitals whose readmission rates exceed benchmarks. …
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The Lived Experience of Discharged and Readmitted African Americans with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease to a Safety-Net Hospital
<p><strong>Background:</strong>Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a debilitating respiratory disease that negatively affects the quality of life of those affected and has been a major contributor to the continuous rise in healthcare cost in the Unites States (Guarascio, Ray, Finch, & …