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Post surgery Complications and Readmissions Common, Costly
Reducing postoperative complications could reduce costs associated with readmissions by millions of dollars per year, a retrospective study of data on 90,932 patients from 214 hospitals suggests.
Hospital Readmission after Colon Surgery, Common, Costly and Preventable
Nearly one-quarter of privately insured colon surgery patients are readmitted to the hospital within three months of discharge at a cost of roughly $9,000 per readmission, according to Johns Hopkin
The State of Quality Improvement Science in Health
The paper makes recommendations for enhancing QI efforts in health care, including providing stronger incentives for health care providers and organizations to prioritize quality; improving education,
Medication Errors During Patient Transitions into Nursing Homes: Characteristics and Association With Patient Harm
Transitions across care settings introduce risk for patient harm, and medication errors are an important area for improvement during transitions.
Engaging Patients and their Families
During this 90 minute session, speakers discussed how to effectively engage patients and their families in systems of care at the senior leadership level.
Developing sustainable systems for managing waste
Implementing a sustainability program requires significant cultural change and time. A good place to start is by examining what comes out of the facility.
Implementing the World Health Organization Surgical Safety Checklist: A Model for Future Perioperative Initiatives
In the fall of 2008, perioperative leaders at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Mass., conducted a two-week trial of the World Health Organization Surgical Safety Checklist in the main OR.
Physician Visits After Hospital Discharge: Implications for Reducing Readmissions
About 1 in 12 adults (8.2 percent) aged 21 and older discharged from a hospital to the community was readmitted within 30 days and 1 in 3 adults (32.9 percent) was rehospitalized within one year of di
Cesarean Deliveries, Outcomes, and Opportunities for Change in California
In many contexts, cesarean delivery has come to be regarded as the safer option, when in fact it has greater risks and c omplications than vaignal birth.
Idealized Design of Perinatal Care
The model described in this white paper represents IHI's best current assessment of the components fot he safest and most reliable system of perinatal care.