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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"readmission risk"”.
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Hospital readmission risk
Hospital readmissions are a significant challenge in healthcare, as they lead to in creased costs, higher risk of mortality, treatment complications, and patient dis tress. This minor dissertation, set within the South African healthcare framework, investigates the potential of both traditional …
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Optimizing transition of care pharmacy services by evaluating medication related readmission risk factors within the heart failure population
… burden. Previous studies have sought to identify risk factors associated with readmissions in HF patients. However, no studies have evaluated the medication-related risk factors that present most frequently in readmitted heart failure patients. As the medication experts, pharmacists are in a …
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Multimodal AI for Hospital Readmission Prediction Among Older Adults
… (AI) model to predict 30-day hospital readmission risk among older adults, including those receiving home care. The aim is to create a robust predictive framework that leverages comprehensive patient data collected during hospitalisation to enhance risk assessment and clinical …
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Analysis of a process and computer user interface for data analytics results for patient discharge decision making
… collaboration with a healthcare provider. A readmission risk tool was developed using data analytics to estimate the probability of readmission based on a historical data set of 50 patient-specific factors. Preliminary work indicated that the users did not fully accept or utilize the data …
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Factors that Impact Readmission for Medicare and Medicaid HMO Inpatients
Background: Hospital readmission is an outcome associated with failure of treatment because readmitted patients are still sick despite recent inpatient treatment. The specific 30-day period is critical because the U.S. Government's Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services uses a 30-day period for …
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The views of physicians on health care quality
… Reports for inclusion in the index: 30 day AMI risk; 30 day stroke risk; AMI readmission risk; asthma readmission risk; ACSC rate; hysterectomy readmission rate; prostatectomy rate; in-hospital hip fracture rate; and C-section rate. Index scores were developed for each of the measures, which …
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Implementing Risk Tools to Prevent Hospital Readmission
<p>Implementing Risk Tools to Prevent Hospital Readmission</p> <p>Tara O’Connor</p> <p>Abstract</p> <p><strong>Background: </strong>Readmission reduction is one of the most important opportunities for reducing cost in today’s health care system.</p> <p><strong>Global Aim:</strong> To operationalize …
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Impact of technology on patient discharge decision making
… financial penalties for unplanned 30-day readmissions. Some unplanned patient readmissions can be caused by inappropriate interventions and in others, patients were unable to comply due to numerous complex social and technical complications. Incentives within the ACA for adoption of …