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Study reveals home health care after heart attack may lower patient's hosp
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 16 (ANI): The patients who receive home health care after a heart attack are less likely to be readmitted to the hospital within 30 days after discharge, says a recent study.
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Dementia affects 30-day hospital readmission rate for worse
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], Feb. 24 (ANI): Turns out, dementia affects the hospital readmission rate for worse.
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New trick to reduce hospital readmission rates
Updated : 8 years ago IST
London [U.K.], Feb. 21 (ANI): Experts have come up with a new trick to reduce hospital readmission rates.
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Ways to prevent asthma readmissions
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], Feb. 10 (ANI): A retrospective cohort study has found that readmission rates at three months for kids hospitalised for acute asthma dropped when families received comprehensive education prior to discharge from the hospital.
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Cancer patients: more intense symptoms, longer the hospital stay
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct 23 (ANI): As a result of intense and numerous physical and psychological symptoms, advanced cancer patients are at a risk of increased hospital length of stay and unplanned hospital readmissions.
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1 in 3 hospitalized patients suffers from depression: Study
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 3 (ANI): A recent study suggests one in three hospitalized patients show symptoms of depression which could delay recovery time, increase length of hospital stays and increase the frequency of readmissions.
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Reducing likelihood of patient harm with medication reconciliation
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C [USA], Mar. 18 (ANI): A recent study has found that medicines reconciliation provided by pharmacists can significantly reduce medicine discrepancies and may be associated with reductions in length of hospital stay and readmission.
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For older adults, shorter hospital stay can increase 'readmission
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb. 8 (ANI): A study has discovered that shorter stay in the hospital of people of about 65-years-old and older, is linked to quicker readmission to hospital within seven to 30 days from post-acute care facilities.
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Surgery could escalate trouble among terminally ill cancer patients
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], Oct. 26 (ANI): Patients with disseminated advanced cancer who undergo surgery are far more likely to endure long hospital stays and readmissions, referrals to extended care facilities and death, found a recent research.
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