Reducing hospital readmissions is a national healthcare priority. Most of the interventions to
reduce hospital readmission have been concentrated in the inpatient setting. However, there …

INTRODUCTION—Discharging patients from the hospital is a complex process that is
fraught with challenges and involves over 35 million hospital discharges annually in the …

Introduction Transitions of care experiences leave patients vulnerable to adverse outcomes,
including readmissions, worsening symptoms, and reductions in functional status. Aim To …

Hospital readmissions are common, costly in both economic and human terms, and often
preventable. This ''perfect storm''of attributes has placed hospital readmissions at the center …

As the cost of care rises and fragmentation of health care increases, care transitions have
become critical parts of the health care system. Physicians and other inpatient providers …

Rationale, aims and objectives Transitions of care between healthcare facilities are
associated with increased risk of adverse events and hospital readmissions. Previous …

Purpose► To assess the impact of a multicomponent intervention on 30-day hospital
readmissions in a group of primary care practices that undertook practice transformation …

BACKGROUND Patients are routinely ill-prepared for the transition from hospital to home.
Inadequate communication between Hospitalists and primary care providers can further …

BACKGROUND: Hospital readmissions are receiving increasing attention as an indicator of
health care quality and waste. Hospitalists provide a unique perspective on the underlying …

BACKGROUND: Hospital leaders have had mixed success reducing readmissions Little is
known about the readmitted patient's perspective. METHODS: A cross‐sectional 36‐item …