History has shown that while healthcare is more open to adopting technology to improve outcomes, bureaucracy, ego, money, or indifference to change still tend to get in the way. Technology is not our only problem unfortunately, healthcare has so many more. In this article, I put together some statistics that show we still have a […]
Many patients are discharged from the hospital only to be readmitted soon afterward. But recovery coaching programs bolstered by augmented intelligence can significantly reduce readmission rates, improve a patient's overall health and enhance their experience.
Canada has a proud history of achievement in the areas of science and technology, and the field of biomanufacturing and life sciences is no exception.
WellSky will pilot its ReD technology at The OSU Wexner Medical Center with the goal to help heart failure patients avoid hospital readmissions. The technology allows providers to assess the fluid level in patients' lungs accurately, deemed as a symptom of worsening heart condition.
A new JAMA study took a deeper dive into whether reductions in hospital readmissions increased patient mortality rates after hospitalization. The results are good news for fans of value-based care.
By providing patients with one-on-one pharmacy support before they are sent home, these programs can improve engagement and help reduce the high number of hospital readmissions that occur due to post-discharge medication errors.
The most common hospital-related reasons had to do with how patients are assessed, postoperative complications or hospital-acquired conditions.
"Our findings should be reassuring to hospitals and physicians who are considering or planning the implementation of EHRs."
The Medicare hospital readmissions rate remains high, according to Dan Hogan, CEO of Medalogix, a fledgling healthcare analytics firm based in Nashville, Tenn., in part because the incentive to coordinate and provide post-discharge care isn't all that great.
Las Vegas hospitalist-turned-video parody star ZDogg takes on hospital readmissions with "Readmissions," based on R. Kelly's 2003 hit, "Ignition (Remix)." Just try to show me another music video that mentions PICC lines, Press Ganey Scores and the Joint Commission.
As more attention is shifted onto the vexing issue of medication adherence, an increasingly common theme is the emerging importance of the role of the pharmacist, with a significant share of that translating to retail pharmacies. Walgreens, CVS Health and Rite Aid, to name just a few, have far more interaction with an array of […]
A specialty drug is a class of prescription medications used to treat complex, chronic or rare medical conditions. Although this classification was originally intended to define the treatment of rare, also termed “orphan” diseases, affecting fewer than 200,000 people in the US, more recently, specialty drugs have emerged as the cornerstone of treatment for chronic and complex diseases such as cancer, autoimmune conditions, diabetes, hepatitis C, and HIV/AIDS.
The University Health System in San Antonio, like all health systems, is looking for better ways to curb hospital readmission rates, and is attempting to do so by learning which patients are at high risk as soon as they enter the hospital. The Level I trauma center and teaching hospital is implementing a new software […]
Two major safety shortcomings in America’s hospitals—the frequency with which patients get hurt during their stays and the large number who are readmitted—have decreased as government penalties and other programs targeting them kick in. The Obama administration credited the new quality initiatives created by the federal health law. But some of the improvements in patient […]
Efforts to reduce hospital readmissions have been focused on a handful of diagnoses and on government payors (primarily Medicare). In order to get a handle on the roughly 15% of the U.S. health care spend that goes to readmissions, it is vital to have a better understanding of what these readmissions are for, who is […]
Athenahealth CEO Jonathan Bush and Tim Draper of Draper Fisher Jurvetson are just two of the investors seeding a startup that turns a doctor’s orders into easy-to-digest, personalized care plans. Rock Health grad Wellframe just rounded up $1.5 million to grow its team and business development efforts, according to CEO Jacob Sattelmair. Bush and Draper […]
Eighty-five percent of healthcare executives in a new survey said their organization’s business plan addresses the CMS penalty for 30-day readmissions, and there are a few particular strategies many of them seem to be using. HealthLeaders Media asked 106 health system CEOs and physicians at 75 hospitals how their organizations are dealing with the reimbursement […]
