Patient Discharge

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • "I'm Leaving": Factors That Impact Against Medical Advice Disposition Post-Trauma. 
  • "Just tell me in a simple way": A qualitative study on opportunities to improve the transition from acute hospital care to home from the perspectives of patients with traumatic brain injury, families, and providers. 
  • A Novel Rehabilitation Intervention for Older Patients With Acute Decompensated Heart Failure: The REHAB-HF Pilot Study. 
  • A Person-Centered Approach to Poststroke Care: The COMprehensive Post-Acute Stroke Services Model. 
  • A Pharmacy-Based Electronic Handoff Tool to Reduce Discharge Prescribing of Atypical Antipsychotics Initiated in the Intensive Care Unit: A Quality Improvement Initiative. 
  • A Positive Association Between Hospice Profit Margin And The Rate At Which Patients Are Discharged Before Death. 
  • A Preoperative Risk Prediction Tool for Discharge to a Skilled Nursing or Rehabilitation Facility After Total Joint Arthroplasty. 
  • A comparative analysis of positron emission tomography and mediastinoscopy in staging non-small cell lung cancer. 
  • A decade of change in abdominal aortic aneurysm repair in the United States: Have we improved outcomes equally between men and women? 
  • A multicenter analysis of the ED diagnosis of pneumonia. 
  • A novel curriculum to train physician assistant students how to write effective discharge summaries. 
  • A pilot study examining activity monitor use in older adults with heart failure during and after hospitalization. 
  • A pragmatic randomized trial of cardiopulmonary resuscitation training for families of cardiac patients before hospital discharge using a mobile application. 
  • A randomized clinical trial of nursing care for recovery from cardiac surgery. 
  • A retrospective study of opioid prescribing patterns at hospital discharge in surgical patients with obstructive sleep apnea. 
  • A systematic review of interventions to improve outcomes for elders discharged from the emergency department. 
  • A trial of increased access to primary care. 
  • ACC/AHA guidelines for the management of patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction--executive summary. A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to revise the 1999 guidelines for the management of patients with acute myocardial infarction). 
  • ACC/AHA guidelines for the management of patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction--executive summary: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to Revise the 1999 Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction). 
  • Absence of July Phenomenon in Acute Ischemic Stroke Care Quality and Outcomes. 
  • Access to routine care and risks for 30-day readmission in patients with cardiovascular disease. 
  • Acute Cardiovascular Care Association position statement for the diagnosis and treatment of patients with acute myocardial infarction complicated by cardiogenic shock: A document of the Acute Cardiovascular Care Association of the European Society of Cardiology. 
  • Acute heart failure associated with high admission blood pressure--a distinct vascular disorder? 
  • Acute heart failure in the emergency department: short and long-term outcomes of elderly patients with heart failure. 
  • Acute skeletal muscle wasting and dysfunction predict physical disability at hospital discharge in patients with critical illness. 
  • Acute subdural hematomas secondary to aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage confer poor prognosis: a national perspective. 
  • Adherence and persistence in the use of warfarin after hospital discharge among patients with heart failure and atrial fibrillation. 
  • Adherence to Guideline-Directed Stroke Prevention Therapy for Atrial Fibrillation Is Achievable. 
  • Admission oxygenation and ventilation parameters associated with discharge survival in severe pediatric traumatic brain injury. 
  • Admission, discharge, or change in B-type natriuretic peptide and long-term outcomes: data from Organized Program to Initiate Lifesaving Treatment in Hospitalized Patients with Heart Failure (OPTIMIZE-HF) linked to Medicare claims. 
  • Adverse events after stopping clopidogrel in post-acute coronary syndrome patients: Insights from a large integrated healthcare delivery system. 
  • Aetiology, timing and clinical predictors of early vs. late readmission following index hospitalization for acute heart failure: insights from ASCEND-HF. 
  • Age and persistent use of cardiovascular medication after acute coronary syndrome: results from medication applied and sustained over time. 
  • Ambulatory surgery with long acting regional anesthesia. 
  • American College of Emergency Physicians information paper: chest pain units in emergency departments--a report from the Short-Term Observation Services Section. 
  • An Official American Thoracic Society Clinical Practice Guideline: Pediatric Chronic Home Invasive Ventilation. 
  • An analysis of the heterogeneity of U.S. nursing home patients. 
  • An evaluation of physician predictions of discharge on a general medicine service. 
  • Anal sphincter laceration at vaginal delivery: is this event coded accurately? 
  • Antidepressant Use and Depressive Symptoms in Intensive Care Unit Survivors. 
  • Are Changes in Fear-Avoidance Beliefs and Self-efficacy Mediators of Function and Pain at Discharge in Patients With Acute and Chronic Low Back Pain? 
  • Are PRO discharge screens associated with postdischarge adverse outcomes? 
  • Are Stroke Survivors Discharged to the Recommended Postacute Setting? 
  • Are we finally ready for outpatient management of febrile neutropenia? 
  • Arthroplasty Surgeons Do Not Improve Acute Outcomes for Patients With Hip Fracture Relative to Other Subspecialists. 
  • Assessing instrumental activities of daily living (iADL) with a game-based assessment for individuals with schizophrenia. 
  • Assessing oral beta-blocker therapy after percutaneous coronary intervention for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: the role of observational data. 
  • Assessing post-discharge costs of hepatopancreatic surgery: an evaluation of Medicare expenditure. 
  • Assessment of Clostridium difficile-associated disease surveillance definitions, North Carolina, 2005. 
  • Assessment of Home-Time After Acute Ischemic Stroke in Medicare Beneficiaries. 
  • Assisted early mobility for hospitalized older veterans: preliminary data from the STRIDE program. 
  • Association Between Therapeutic Hypothermia and Survival After In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. 
  • Association between diabetes mellitus and post-discharge outcomes in patients hospitalized with heart failure: findings from the EVEREST trial. 
  • Association of Arterial Pulse Pressure With Long-Term Clinical Outcomes in Patients With Heart Failure. 
  • Association of Discharge Aspirin Dose With Outcomes After Acute Myocardial Infarction: Insights From the Treatment with ADP Receptor Inhibitors: Longitudinal Assessment of Treatment Patterns and Events after Acute Coronary Syndrome (TRANSLATE-ACS) Study. 
  • Association of Patient Enrollment in Medicare Part D With Outcomes After Acute Myocardial Infarction. 
  • Association of Patient and Visit Characteristics With Rate and Timing of Urologic Procedures for Patients Discharged From the Emergency Department With Renal Colic. 
  • Association of Postnatal Cytomegalovirus Infection With Head Growth-Reply. 
  • Association of Same-Day Discharge After Elective Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in the United States With Costs and Outcomes. 
  • Association of door-in to door-out time with reperfusion delays and outcomes among patients transferred for primary percutaneous coronary intervention. 
  • Association of environmental factors with levels of home and community participation in an adult rehabilitation cohort. 
  • Association of left ventricular ejection fraction with worsening renal function in patients with acute heart failure: insights from the RELAX-AHF-2 study. 
  • Association of post-discharge specialty outpatient visits with readmissions and mortality in high-risk heart failure patients. 
  • Association of postdischarge complications with reoperation and mortality in general surgery. 
  • Associations between Infant and Parent Characteristics and Measures of Family Well-Being in Neonates with Seizures: A Cohort Study. 
  • Associations between aldosterone antagonist therapy and risks of mortality and readmission among patients with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction. 
  • Associations of patient demographic characteristics and regional physician density with early physician follow-up among medicare beneficiaries hospitalized with heart failure. 
  • Atrial fibrillation and acute myocardial infarction: antithrombotic therapy and outcomes. 
  • Baseline NIH Stroke Scale is an inferior predictor of functional outcome in the era of acute stroke intervention. 
  • Burden of 30-Day Readmissions After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in 833,344 Patients in the United States: Predictors, Causes, and Cost: Insights From the Nationwide Readmission Database. 
  • COMPASS-CP: An Electronic Application to Capture Patient-Reported Outcomes to Develop Actionable Stroke and Transient Ischemic Attack Care Plans. 
  • Can involuntary outpatient commitment reduce hospital recidivism?: Findings from a randomized trial with severely mentally ill individuals. 
  • Cardiopulmonary resuscitation training of family members before hospital discharge using video self-instruction: a feasibility trial. 
  • Care Transitions After Acute Myocardial Infarction for Transferred-In Versus Direct-Arrival Patients. 
  • Care of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Graduate after Discharge. 
  • Care transitions from the hospital to home for patients with mobility impairments: patient and family caregiver experiences. 
  • Case shifting and the Medicare Prospective Payment System. 
  • Change in intrathoracic impedance measures during acute decompensated heart failure admission: results from the Diagnostic Data for Discharge in Heart Failure Patients (3D-HF) Pilot Study. 
  • Changes in Dyspnea Status During Hospitalization and Postdischarge Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients Hospitalized for Heart Failure: Findings From the EVEREST Trial. 
  • Changes in Payment Regulation and Acute Care Use for Total Hip Replacement: Trends in Length of Stay, Costs, and Discharge, 1997-2012. 
  • Characteristics and Outcomes of Dementia Patients Who Receive Inpatient Palliative Care Consultation. 
  • Characteristics and outcomes of hospice enrollees with dementia discharged alive. 
  • Characteristics of Acute Heart Failure Hospitalizations Based on Presenting Severity. 
  • Characteristics of nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage in the United States in 2003. 
  • Characterizing hospice discharge patterns in a nationally representative sample of the elderly, 1993-2000. 
  • Children with new tracheostomies: planning for family education and common impediments to discharge. 
  • Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes Associated With Oral Anticoagulant Use Among Patients Hospitalized With Intracerebral Hemorrhage. 
  • Clinical Effectiveness of Cardiac Noninvasive Diagnostic Testing in Patients Discharged From the Emergency Department for Chest Pain. 
  • Clinical Effectiveness of Hydralazine-Isosorbide Dinitrate Therapy in Patients With Heart Failure and Reduced Ejection Fraction: Findings From the Get With The Guidelines-Heart Failure Registry. 
  • Clinical Effectiveness of Statin Therapy After Ischemic Stroke: Primary Results From the Statin Therapeutic Area of the Patient-Centered Research Into Outcomes Stroke Patients Prefer and Effectiveness Research (PROSPER) Study. 
  • Clinical Factors Associated with Successful Discharge from Assertive Community Treatment. 
  • Clinical assessment of acute heart failure syndromes: emergency department through the early post-discharge period. 
  • Clinical effectiveness of anticoagulation therapy among older patients with heart failure and without atrial fibrillation: findings from the ADHERE registry linked to Medicare claims. 
  • Clinical profile and prognostic value of anemia at the time of admission and discharge among patients hospitalized for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: findings from the EVEREST trial. 
  • Clinical value of pre-discharge bio-adrenomedullin as a marker of residual congestion and high risk of heart failure hospital readmission. 
  • Clopidogrel use After Myocardial Revascularization: Prevalence, Predictors, and One-Year Survival Rate. 
  • Clopidogrel use and hospital quality in medically managed patients with non-ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction. 
  • Cognitive risk factors and suicide attempts among formerly hospitalized adolescents: a prospective naturalistic study. 
  • Commentary: The over/under is set at 17? Let's not gamble with discharge after the Norwood operation. 
  • Common sense, insight, and neuropsychological test performance in schizophrenia patients. 
  • Community integration of formerly homeless men and women with severe mental illness after hospital discharge. 
  • Comparative analysis of perioperative complications between a multicenter prospective cervical deformity database and the Nationwide Inpatient Sample database. 
  • Comparison of Clinical Care and In-Hospital Outcomes of Asian American and White Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke. 
  • Computerized nursery discharge summary. 
  • Conclusion of Avery et al--validation of findings but concern about rationale. 
  • Connect-Home: Transitional Care of Skilled Nursing Facility Patients and their Caregivers. 
  • Conscious Sedation Versus General Anesthesia for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: Insights from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry Society of Thoracic Surgeons/American College of Cardiology Transcatheter Valve Therapy Registry. 
  • Consumer protection and the HMO backlash: are HMOs to blame for drive-through deliveries? 
  • Contemporary patterns of discharge aspirin dosing after acute myocardial infarction in the United States: results from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry (NCDR). 
  • Contemporary trends and predictors of postacute service use and routine discharge home after stroke. 
  • Continuous adductor canal blockade facilitates increased home discharge and decreased opioid consumption after total knee arthroplasty. 
  • Cost effectiveness of early discharge after uncomplicated acute myocardial infarction. 
  • Costs Associated With Access Site and Same-Day Discharge Among Medicare Beneficiaries Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: An Evaluation of the Current Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Care Pathways in the United States. 
  • Current Evidence Does Not Support Medicare's 3-Day Rule in Primary Total Joint Arthroplasty. 
  • Day of Discharge Does Not Impact Hospital Readmission After Major Cardiac Surgery. 
  • Definitions of cardiovascular insufficiency and relation to outcomes in critically ill newborn infants. 
  • Demographics, clinical characteristics, and outcomes of patients hospitalized for decompensated heart failure: observations from the IMPACT-HF registry. 
  • Depression and Functional Status Among African American Stroke Survivors in Inpatient Rehabilitation. 
  • Design and implementation of an application and associated services to support interdisciplinary medication reconciliation efforts at an integrated healthcare delivery network. 
  • Design and implementation of an automated email notification system for results of tests pending at discharge. 
  • Determinants of postsurgical discharge setting for male hip fracture patients. 
  • Determinants of remaining in the community after discharge: results from New Jersey's Nursing Home Transition Program. 
  • Determining the Association Between End-of-Life Care Resources and Patient Outcomes in Pennsylvania ICUs. 
  • Development and Performance of a Clinical Decision Support Tool to Inform Resource Utilization for Elective Operations. 
  • Developmental Outcomes of Extremely Preterm Infants with a Need for Child Protective Services Supervision. 
  • Diabetes and early postoperative outcomes following lumbar fusion. 
  • Differences in Short- and Long-Term Outcomes Among Older Patients With ST-Elevation Versus Non-ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction With Angiographically Proven Coronary Artery Disease. 
  • Direct Transport to a Percutaneous Cardiac Intervention Center and Outcomes in Patients With Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. 
  • Discharge Information and Support for Patients Discharged from the Emergency Department: Results from a Randomized Controlled Trial. 
  • Discharge Plans for Geriatric Inpatients with Delirium: A Plan to Stop Antipsychotics? 
  • Discharge against medical advice from hospitalizations for substance use disorders: The potential impact of the Affordable Care Act. 
  • Discharge antithrombotic strategies among patients with acute coronary syndrome previously on warfarin anticoagulation: physician practice in the CRUSADE registry. 
  • Discharge heart rate and β-blocker dose in patients hospitalized with heart failure: Findings from the OPTIMIZE-HF registry. 
  • Discharge information and support for veterans Receiving Outpatient Care in the Emergency Department: study design and methods. 
  • Discharge prescribing of enteral opioids after initiation as a weaning strategy from continuous opioid infusions in the Intensive Care Unit. 
  • Discharge timing and outcomes after uncomplicated non-ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction. 
  • Discharge to a skilled nursing facility and subsequent clinical outcomes among older patients hospitalized for heart failure. 
  • Discriminative value of inflammatory biomarkers for suspected sepsis. 
  • Disease Burden Following Non-Cardioembolic Minor Ischemic Stroke or High-Risk TIA: A GWTG-Stroke Study. 
  • Do Live Discharge Rates Increase as Hospices Approach Their Medicare Aggregate Payment Caps? 
  • Do older adults with shoulder disorders who meet the minimal clinically important difference also present low disability at discharge? An observational study. 
  • Does aspirin use adversely influence intermediate-term postdischarge outcomes for hospitalized patients who are treated with angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors or angiotensin receptor blockers? Findings from Organized Program to Facilitate Life-Saving Treatment in Hospitalized Patients with Heart Failure (OPTIMIZE-HF). 
  • Does comorbidity account for the excess mortality in patients with major bleeding in acute myocardial infarction? 
  • Does determining serum alcohol concentrations in emergency department patients influence physicians' civil suit liability? 
  • Does surgical approach in total hip arthroplasty affect rehabilitation, discharge disposition, and readmission rate? 
  • Door-to-needle times for tissue plasminogen activator administration and clinical outcomes in acute ischemic stroke before and after a quality improvement initiative. 
  • Driving-impaired patients leaving the emergency department. The problem of inadequate instructions. 
  • Early Ambulation Among Hospitalized Heart Failure Patients Is Associated With Reduced Length of Stay and 30-Day Readmissions. 
  • Early Discharge After Radical Nephrectomy: An Analysis of Complications and Readmissions. 
  • Early Medication Nonadherence After Acute Myocardial Infarction: Insights into Actionable Opportunities From the TReatment with ADP receptor iNhibitorS: Longitudinal Assessment of Treatment Patterns and Events after Acute Coronary Syndrome (TRANSLATE-ACS) Study. 
  • Early discharge in the thrombolytic era: an analysis of criteria for uncomplicated infarction from the Global Utilization of Streptokinase and t-PA for Occluded Coronary Arteries (GUSTO) trial. 
  • Early management of patients with acute heart failure: state of the art and future directions--a consensus document from the SAEM/HFSA acute heart failure working group. 
  • Early post-discharge bleeding and antiplatelet therapy discontinuation among acute myocardial infarction patients treated with percutaneous coronary intervention. 
  • Early treatment for non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome is associated with appropriate discharge care. 
  • Early vs Late Discharge in Low-Risk ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Patients Treated With Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. 
  • Effect of Discontinuing vs Continuing Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors and Angiotensin II Receptor Blockers on Days Alive and Out of the Hospital in Patients Admitted With COVID-19: A Randomized Clinical Trial. 
  • Effect of liberal blood transfusion on clinical outcomes and cost in spine surgery patients. 
  • Effects of Acute-Postacute Continuity on Community Discharge and 30-Day Rehospitalization Following Inpatient Rehabilitation. 
  • Effects of Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Treatment on Postdischarge Outcomes After Acute Myocardial Infarction. 
  • Effects of enhanced caregiver training program on cancer caregiver's self-efficacy, preparedness, and psychological well-being. 
  • Effects of iPad Video Education on Patient Knowledge, Satisfaction, and Cardiac Rehabilitation Attendance. 
  • Effects of thrombolytic regimen, early catheterization, and predischarge angiographic variables on six-week left ventricular function. The TAMI Investigators. Thrombolysis and Angioplasty in Acute Myocardial Infarction. 
  • Emergency Department Discharge of Pulmonary Embolus Patients. 
  • Emergency department discharge diagnosis and adverse health outcomes in older adults. 
  • Emergency department revisits for patients with kidney stones in California. 
  • Enhancing Quality of Provider Practices for Older Adults in the Emergency Department (EQUiPPED). 
  • Enhancing the Quality of Prescribing Practices for Older Veterans Discharged from the Emergency Department (EQUiPPED): Preliminary Results from Enhancing Quality of Prescribing Practices for Older Veterans Discharged from the Emergency Department, a Novel Multicomponent Interdisciplinary Quality Improvement Initiative. 
  • Enteral Feeding with Human Milk Decreases Time to Discharge in Infants following Gastroschisis Repair. 
  • Epidemiology of facial fracture injuries. 
  • Estimates of future physical functioning by seriously ill hospitalized patients, their families, and their physicians. 
  • Estimation of Acutely Ill Medical Patients at Venous Thromboembolism Risk Eligible for Extended Thromboprophylaxis Using APEX Criteria in US Hospitals. 
  • Evaluation of Gentamicin Exposure in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and Hearing Function at Discharge. 
  • Evaluation of a discharge education protocol for pediatric patients with gastrostomy tubes. 
  • Evaluation of the Risk Assessment and Prediction Tool for Postoperative Disposition Needs After Cervical Spine Surgery. 
  • Evolution of the United States Military Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Transport Team. 
  • Extracorporeal life support use in pediatric trauma: a review of the National Trauma Data Bank. 
  • Facility and Geographic Variation in Rates of Successful Community Discharge After Inpatient Rehabilitation Among Medicare Fee-for-Service Beneficiaries. 
  • Factors associated with 1-year mortality after discharge for acute stroke: what matters? 
  • Factors associated with discharge to home versus discharge to institutional care after inpatient stroke rehabilitation. 
  • Factors associated with perioperative opioid demand in lower extremity fractures: Does consumption vary by anatomic location? 
  • Factors associated with survival in pediatric extracorporeal membrane oxygenation--a single-center experience. 
  • Factors related to extended hospital stays following deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease. 
  • Failure to reassess ejection fraction after acute myocardial infarction in potential implantable cardioverter/defibrillator candidates: insights from the Translational Research Investigating Underlying disparities in acute Myocardial infarction Patients' Health Status (TRIUMPH) registry. 
  • Fast-tracking ambulatory surgery patients following anesthesia. 
  • Feasibility and implications of an early discharge strategy after percutaneous intervention with abciximab in acute myocardial infarction (the CADILLAC Trial). 
  • First Medical Contact-to-Device Time and Heart Failure Outcomes Among Patients Undergoing Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. 
  • Frailty and risk in proximal aortic surgery. 
  • Frailty predicts some but not all adverse outcomes in older adults discharged from the emergency department. 
  • Frequency and predictors of adverse health outcomes in older Medicare beneficiaries discharged from the emergency department. 
  • From the psychiatric hospital to the community: integrating conditional release and contingency management. 
  • Gender Disparities Among Adult Recipients of Bystander Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in the Public. 
  • Gender does not affect postdischarge outcomes in patients hospitalized for worsening heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (from the Efficacy of Vasopressin Antagonism in Heart Failure Outcome Study with Tolvaptan [EVEREST] Trial). 
  • Gender trends in the repair of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms and outcomes. 
  • Geographic variation in lumbar fusion for degenerative disorders: 1990 to 2000. 
  • Global variation in clinical profile, management, and post-discharge outcomes among patients hospitalized for worsening chronic heart failure: findings from the ASTRONAUT trial. 
  • Guidelines for risk stratification after myocardial infarction. American College of Physicians. 
  • Health Disparities in the Hospitalized Child. 
  • Health policy and outcome research in stroke. 
  • Health services use of older veterans treated and released from veterans affairs medical center emergency departments. 
  • Health, wellness, and safety concerns of persons with moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury and their family caregivers: a qualitative content analysis. 
  • Heart failure medications prescribed at discharge for patients with left ventricular assist devices. 
  • Heart rate at hospital discharge in patients with heart failure is associated with mortality and rehospitalization. 
  • High-dose dexmedetomidine for noninvasive pediatric procedural sedation and discharge readiness. 
  • Home-Time After Discharge Among Patients Hospitalized With Heart Failure. 
  • Homelessness and discharge delays from an urban safety net hospital. 
  • Hospital Practice of Direct-Home Discharge and 30-Day Readmission After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in the Society of Thoracic Surgeons/American College of Cardiology Transcatheter Valve Therapy (STS/ACC TVT) Registry. 
  • Hospital Teaching Status Impacts Surgical Discharge Efficiency. 
  • Hospital Variation in Adherence Rates to Secondary Prevention Medications and the Implications on Quality. 
  • Hospital Variation in Functional Recovery After Stroke. 
  • Hospital Variation in Home-Time After Acute Ischemic Stroke: Insights From the PROSPER Study (Patient-Centered Research Into Outcomes Stroke Patients Prefer and Effectiveness Research). 
  • Hospital discharge communications during care transitions for patients with acute kidney injury: a cross-sectional study. 
  • Hospital length of stay and clinical outcomes in older STEMI patients after primary PCI: a report from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry. 
  • Hospital percutaneous coronary intervention appropriateness and in-hospital procedural outcomes: insights from the NCDR. 
  • Hospital readmission among older adults who return home with unmet need for ADL disability. 
  • Hospital readmissions reduction program. 
  • Hospital-Based Emergency Department Visits With Pediatric Burns: Characteristics and Outcomes. 
  • Hospitalization and case-fatality rates for stroke in Canada from 1982 through 1991. The Canadian Collaborative Study Group of Stroke Hospitalizations. 
  • How Reliable are Patient-Reported Rehospitalizations? Implications for the Design of Future Practical Clinical Studies. 
  • How do emergency department patients store and dispose of opioids after discharge? A pilot study. 
  • Identification of acute myocardial infarction patients suitable for early hospital discharge after aggressive interventional therapy. Results from the Thrombolysis and Angioplasty in Acute Myocardial Infarction Registry. 
  • Identification of patients at high risk for post-discharge venous thromboembolism after hepato-pancreato-biliary surgery: which patients benefit from extended thromboprophylaxis? 
  • Identification of population at risk for future Clostridium difficile infection following hospital discharge to be targeted for vaccine trials. 
  • Identifying Low-risk Patients for Early Discharge From Emergency Department Without Using Subjective Descriptions of Chest Pain: Insights From Providing Rapid Out of Hospital Acute Cardiovascular Treatment (PROACT) 3 and 4 Trials. 
  • Impact of a geriatric consultation team on discharge placement and repeat hospitalization. 
  • Impact of a randomized, controlled trial of liberal vs conservative hospital discharge criteria on energy, protein, and fluid intake in patients who received marrow transplants. 
  • Impact of an automated email notification system for results of tests pending at discharge: a cluster-randomized controlled trial. 
  • Impact of anemia on physical function and survival among patients with coronary artery disease. 
  • Impact of automated alerts on follow-up of post-discharge microbiology results: a cluster randomized controlled trial. 
  • Impact of early discharge after coronary artery bypass graft surgery on rates of hospital readmission and death. The Ischemic Heart Disease (IHD) Patient Outcomes Research Team (PORT) Investigators. 
  • Impact of outpatient commitment on victimization of people with severe mental illness. 
  • Implementation of Milestones-Based Assessment for a Safe and Effective Discharge. 
  • Implementation of Physiological Scoring to Determine Discharge Readiness for Patients Undergoing Otolaryngology Head and Neck Procedures. 
  • Implementation of a billable transitional care model for stroke patients: the COMPASS study. 
  • Implications of atypical antipsychotic prescribing in the intensive care unit. 
  • Improvements in Patient and Health System Outcomes Using an Integrated Oncology and Palliative Medicine Approach on a Solid Tumor Inpatient Service. 
  • Improvements in signs and symptoms during hospitalization for acute heart failure follow different patterns and depend on the measurement scales used: an international, prospective registry to evaluate the evolution of measures of disease severity in acute heart failure (MEASURE-AHF). 
  • Improving Emergency Department Discharge Care with Telephone Follow-Up. Does It Connect? 
  • Improving Transitional Care: The Role of Handoffs and Discharge Checklists in Hematologic Malignancies. 
  • Improving post-intensive care unit neuropsychiatric outcomes: understanding cognitive effects of physical activity. 
  • Improving the Care of Individuals With Sickle Cell Disease in the Emergency Department Using a Quality Improvement Framework: The Emergency Department Sickle Cell Assessment of Needs and Strengths (ED-SCANS). 
  • Improving the quality of discharge communication with an educational intervention. 
  • In inpatients with cirrhosis opioid use is common and associated with length of stay and persistent use post-discharge. 
  • In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Resuscitation Practices and Outcomes in Maintenance Dialysis Patients. 
  • In-Hospital Mortality and Post-Surgical Complications Among Cancer Patients with Metabolic Syndrome. 
  • In-Hospital Outcomes Following Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in a Retrospective Cohort of Infants. 
  • In-Hospital and Postdischarge Mortality Among Patients With Acute Decompensated Heart Failure Hospitalizations Ending on the Weekend Versus Weekday: The ARIC Study Community Surveillance. 
  • In-hospital initiation of sacubitril/valsartan in acute decompensated heart failure: being in the right place at the right time. 
  • In-hospital medical complications after non-operative and operative treatment of thoracolumbar fractures in patients over 75 years of age. 
  • In-hospital outcomes of premature infants with severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia. 
  • In-hospital outcomes of thrombolysis for acute ischemic stroke in patients with primary brain tumors. 
  • In-hospital switching between adenosine diphosphate receptor inhibitors in patients with acute myocardial infarction treated with percutaneous coronary intervention: Insights into contemporary practice from the TRANSLATE-ACS study. 
  • Inadequate oral feeding as a barrier to discharge in moderately preterm infants. 
  • Incidence and predictors of all and preventable adverse drug reactions in frail elderly persons after hospital stay. 
  • Incidence and predictors of microbiology results returning postdischarge and requiring follow-up. 
  • Incidence and prognostic impact of post discharge bleeding post acute coronary syndrome within an outpatient setting: a systematic review. 
  • Increase in tracheostomy for prolonged mechanical ventilation in North Carolina, 1993-2002. 
  • Increased thymic output during acute measles virus infection. 
  • Increasing healthcare resource utilization after coronary artery bypass graft surgery in the United States. 
  • Independent Association Between Preoperative Cognitive Status and Discharge Location After Surgery: A Strategy to Reduce Resource Use After Surgery for Deformity. 
  • Indicators for Nonroutine Discharge Following Cervical Deformity-Corrective Surgery: Radiographic, Surgical, and Patient-Related Factors. 
  • Influence of admission and discharge aspirin use on survival after primary coronary angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction. 
  • Influence of insurance type on the use of procedures, medications and hospital outcome in patients with unstable angina: results from the GUARANTEE Registry. Global Unstable Angina Registry and Treatment Evaluation. 
  • Informal caregiver training on home care and cancer symptom management prior to hospital discharge: a feasibility study. 
  • Initiation of Angiotensin-Neprilysin Inhibition After Acute Decompensated Heart Failure: Secondary Analysis of the Open-label Extension of the PIONEER-HF Trial. 
  • Inpatient Consults and Complications During Primary Total Joint Arthroplasty in a Bundled Care Model. 
  • Inpatient Mobility Measures As Useful Predictors of Discharge Destination in Hospitalized Older Adults. 
  • Inpatient Rehabilitation Outcomes in a National Sample of Medicare Beneficiaries With Hip Fracture. 
  • Inpatient Unit Heart Failure Discharge Volume Predicts All-cause 30-Day Hospital Readmission. 
  • Inpatient complications, mortality, and discharge disposition after surgical correction of idiopathic scoliosis: a national perspective. 
  • Inpatient medication reconciliation at admission and discharge: A retrospective cohort study of age and other risk factors for medication discrepancies. 
  • Institutional review of predictors of in-hospital and 30-day discharge mortality in neurosurgical patients. 
  • Insufficient reduction in heart rate during hospitalization despite beta-blocker treatment in acute decompensated heart failure: insights from the ASCEND-HF trial. 
  • Insurance status and outcome after intracerebral hemorrhage: findings from Get With The Guidelines-stroke. 
  • Integration of HTML documents into an XML-based knowledge repository. 
  • Intern Transitions of Care Curriculum Through Posthospital Home and Skilled Nursing Facility Visits. 
  • International variation in and factors associated with hospital readmission after myocardial infarction. 
  • Interventions to improve transitional care between nursing homes and hospitals: a systematic review. 
  • Intrathecal sufentanil for extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy provides earlier discharge of the outpatient than intrathecal lidocaine. 
  • Involuntary outpatient commitment and homelessness in persons with severe mental illness. 
  • Is Risk-Standardized In-Hospital Stroke Mortality an Adequate Proxy for Risk-Standardized 30-Day Stroke Mortality Data? Findings From Get With The Guidelines-Stroke. 
  • Is early too early? Effect of shorter stays after bypass surgery. 
  • Is specialty care associated with improved survival of patients with congestive heart failure? 
  • Lack of impact of electronic health records on quality of care and outcomes for ischemic stroke. 
  • Laparoscopic appendectomy in the elderly. 
  • Late Consequences of Acute Coronary Syndromes: Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events (GRACE) Follow-up. 
  • Learning from Discharge Experiences of Intensive Care Unit Survivors and Their Families: Is Consistency a Solution? 
  • Left ventricular ejection fraction assessment among patients with acute myocardial infarction and its association with hospital quality of care and evidence-based therapy use. 
  • Legislation Only Limiting Opioid Prescription Length Has Minimal Impact on Prescribing in Orthopaedic Trauma. 
  • Length of Stay After Transfemoral Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: An Analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons/American College of Cardiology Transcatheter Valve Therapy Registry. 
  • Length of Stay Predicts Risk of Early Infection for Hospitalized Patients Undergoing Central Venous Port Placement. 
  • Length of hospital stays among obese individuals. 
  • Length of stay following percutaneous coronary intervention: An expert consensus document update from the society for cardiovascular angiography and interventions. 
  • Lessons learned from implementation of a computerized application for pending tests at hospital discharge. 
  • Level of consciousness at discharge and associations with outcome after ischemic stroke. 
  • Linking clinical registry data with administrative data using indirect identifiers: implementation and validation in the congenital heart surgery population. 
  • Liver function, in-hospital, and post-discharge clinical outcome in patients with acute heart failure-results from the relaxin for the treatment of patients with acute heart failure study. 
  • Long-Term Outcomes Among Elderly Survivors of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. 
  • Long-Term Post-Discharge Risks in Older Survivors of Myocardial Infarction With and Without Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. 
  • Long-acting serotonin antagonist (Palonosetron) and the NK-1 receptor antagonists: does extended duration of action improve efficacy? 
  • Longitudinal discharge trends and outcomes after hospitalization for mouth cellulitis and Ludwig angina. 
  • Loop diuretic dose adjustments after a hospitalization for heart failure: insights from ASCEND-HF. 
  • Magnitude and Characteristics of Patients Who Survived an Acute Myocardial Infarction. 
  • Management of Persistent Angina After Myocardial Infarction Treated With Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Insights From the TRANSLATE-ACS Study. 
  • Management of postdischarge nausea and vomiting after ambulatory surgery. 
  • Measurement of troponin and natriuretic peptides shortly after admission in patients with heart failure-does it add useful prognostic information? An analysis of the Value of Endothelin Receptor Inhibition with Tezosentan in Acute heart failure Studies (VERITAS). 
  • Medicaid Insurance Correlates With Increased Resource Utilization Following Total Hip Arthroplasty. 
  • Medicare's 3-Day Rule: Time for a Rethink. 
  • Medication Initiation Burden Required to Comply With Heart Failure Guideline Recommendations and Hospital Quality Measures. 
  • Medication performance measures and mortality following acute coronary syndromes. 
  • Meeting Medicare requirements for transitional care: Do stroke care and policy align? 
  • Metabolic syndrome and in-hospital outcomes among pancreatic cancer patients. 
  • Minor depression and physical outcome trajectories in heart failure and pulmonary disease. 
  • Modeling Emergency Department crowding: Restoring the balance between demand for and supply of emergency medicine. 
  • Models of Peer Support to Remediate Post-Intensive Care Syndrome: A Report Developed by the Society of Critical Care Medicine Thrive International Peer Support Collaborative. 
  • Multifaceted intervention to improve medication adherence and secondary prevention measures after acute coronary syndrome hospital discharge: a randomized clinical trial. 
  • Multistate 5-Year Initiative to Improve Care for Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: Primary Results From the HeartRescue Project. 
  • National evaluation of adherence to beta-blocker therapy for 1 year after acute myocardial infarction in patients with commercial health insurance. 
  • Necessity of hospitalization and stress testing in low risk chest pain patients. 
  • Next-day discharge after minimally invasive partial nephrectomy: an analysis of the US National Surgical Quality Improvement Program. 
  • No Changes in Patient Selection and Value-Based Metrics for Total Hip Arthroplasty After Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Bundle Implementation at a Single Center. 
  • Noise versus signal: the clinical implications of an increasingly sensitive troponin assay for patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome. 
  • Nurses' communication of pharmacogenetic test results as part of discharge care. 
  • Off-hour admission and in-hospital stroke case fatality in the get with the guidelines-stroke program. 
  • Older patients' understanding of emergency department discharge information and its relationship with adverse outcomes. 
  • Older veterans and emergency department discharge information. 
  • One-year and three-year mortality prediction in adult major blunt trauma survivors: a National Retrospective Cohort Analysis. 
  • One-year trajectories of care and resource utilization for recipients of prolonged mechanical ventilation: a cohort study. 
  • Opioid-Based Analgesia: Impact on Total Joint Arthroplasty. 
  • Outcomes According to Cardiac Catheterization Referral and Clopidogrel Use Among Medicare Patients With Non-ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Discharged Without In-hospital Revascularization. 
  • Outcomes associated with warfarin use in older patients with heart failure and atrial fibrillation and a cardiovascular implantable electronic device: findings from the ADHERE registry linked to Medicare claims. 
  • Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery Who Decline Transfusion and Received Erythropoietin Compared to Patients Who Did Not: A Matched Cohort Study. 
  • Outcomes in mild or rapidly improving stroke not treated with intravenous recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator: findings from Get With The Guidelines-Stroke. 
  • Outcomes of Conversion Total Hip Arthroplasty From Free Vascularized Fibular Grafting. 
  • Outpatient versus observation/inpatient management of emergency department patients rapidly ruled-out for acute myocardial infarction: Findings from the HIGH-US study. 
  • Overcoming the Risk-Treatment Paradox for Non-ST-Segment Elevation Acute Coronary Syndromes. 
  • Partner presence in the emergency department and adherence to daily cardiovascular medications in patients evaluated for acute coronary syndrome. 
  • Patient Risk Profile for Unplanned 90-Day Emergency Department Visits Differs Between Total Hip and Total Knee Arthroplasty. 
  • Patient expectation is the most important predictor of discharge destination after primary total joint arthroplasty. 
  • Patient input into the development and enhancement of ED discharge instructions: a focus group study. 
  • Patient safety concerns arising from test results that return after hospital discharge. 
  • Patient-centered adherence intervention after acute coronary syndrome hospitalization. 
  • Patterns and predictors of discharge statin prescription among hospitalized patients with intracerebral hemorrhage. 
  • Patterns of aspirin dosing in non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes in the CRUSADE Quality Improvement Initiative. 
  • Patterns of discharge antiplatelet therapy and late outcomes among 8,582 patients with bleeding during acute coronary syndrome: a pooled analysis from PURSUIT, PARAGON-A, PARAGON-B, and SYNERGY. 
  • Pediatric tracheostomies: a recent experience from one academic center. 
  • Performance-based outcomes of inpatient rehabilitation facilities treating hip fracture patients in the United States. 
  • Perioperative Optimization of Geriatric Lower Extremity Bypass in the Era of Increased Performance Accountability. 
  • Peripheral nerve blockade with long-acting local anesthetics: a survey of the Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia. 
  • Persistence of evidence-based medication use after discharge from academic versus nonacademic hospitals among patients with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. 
  • Persistent Pain Among Older Adults Discharged Home From the Emergency Department After Motor Vehicle Crash: A Prospective Cohort Study. 
  • Pharmacist-managed antimicrobial stewardship program for patients discharged from the emergency department. 
  • Pharmacologic prophylaxis for venous thromboembolism and 30-day outcomes among older patients hospitalized with heart failure: an analysis from the ADHERE national registry linked to Medicare claims. 
  • Pilot study: individualized training for caregivers of hospitalized older veterans. 
  • Planning for a Safe Discharge: More Than a Capacity Evaluation. 
  • Plasma biomarkers to predict or rule out early post-discharge events after hospitalization for acute heart failure. 
  • Pneumococcal vaccine administration associated with splenectomy: the need for improved education, documentation, and the use of a practical checklist. 
  • Pooled analysis of adverse event collection from 4 acute coronary syndrome trials. 
  • Population-based approaches to treatment and readmission after spinal cord injury. 
  • Population-based drug-related anaphylaxis in children and adolescents captured by South Carolina Emergency Room Hospital Discharge Database (SCERHDD) (2000-2002). 
  • Post-Discharge Bleeding and Mortality Following Acute Coronary Syndromes With or Without PCI. 
  • Post-Hospital Outcomes of Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction With Cardiogenic Shock: Findings From the NCDR. 
  • Post-Intensive Care Unit Psychiatric Comorbidity and Quality of Life. 
  • Post-discharge Follow-up Characteristics Associated With 30-Day Readmission After Heart Failure Hospitalization. 
  • Post-discharge haemodilution, congestion, and clinical outcomes among patients hospitalized for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: results from the EVEREST trial. 
  • Post-operative delirium is an independent predictor of 30-day hospital readmission after spine surgery in the elderly (≥65years old): A study of 453 consecutive elderly spine surgery patients. 
  • Post-stroke patients with moderate function have the greatest risk of falls: a National Cohort Study. 
  • Postacute rehabilitation quality of care: toward a shared conceptual framework. 
  • Postdischarge international normalized ratio testing and long-term clinical outcomes of patients with heart failure receiving warfarin: findings from the ADHERE registry linked to Medicare claims. 
  • Postdischarge surveillance to identify subsequent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections in colonized children. 
  • Pre-discharge and early post-discharge troponin elevation among patients hospitalized for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: findings from the ASTRONAUT trial. 
  • Pre-discharge prognostic factors of physical function among older adults with hip fracture surgery: a systematic review. 
  • Predicting Inpatient Dissatisfaction Following Total Joint Arthroplasty: An Analysis of 3,593 Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems Survey Responses. 
  • Predicting non-home discharge in epithelial ovarian cancer patients: External validation of a predictive model. 
  • Predicting time to hospital discharge for extremely preterm infants. 
  • Predictors and Associations With Outcomes of Length of Hospital Stay in Patients With Acute Heart Failure: Results From VERITAS. 
  • Predictors of Increased Length of Hospital Stay Following Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy from the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program. 
  • Predictors of costs of caring for elderly patients discharged with heart failure. 
  • Predictors of delivery of hospital-based heart failure patient education: a report from OPTIMIZE-HF. 
  • Predictors of outcome in nursing homes. 
  • Predictors of postdischarge outcomes from information acquired shortly after admission for acute heart failure: a report from the Placebo-Controlled Randomized Study of the Selective A1 Adenosine Receptor Antagonist Rolofylline for Patients Hospitalized With Acute Decompensated Heart Failure and Volume Overload to Assess Treatment Effect on Congestion and Renal Function (PROTECT) Study. 
  • Predictors of suicide attempts: state and trait components. 
  • Predictors of two-year post-hospitalization mortality among elderly veterans in a study evaluating a geriatric consultation team. 
  • Predictors, Trends, and Outcomes (Among Older Patients ≥65 Years of Age) Associated With Beta-Blocker Use in Patients With Stable Angina Undergoing Elective Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Insights From the NCDR Registry. 
  • PredischaRge initiation of Ivabradine in the ManagEment of Heart Failure: Results of the PRIME-HF Trial. 
  • Predischarge initiation of carvedilol in patients hospitalized for decompensated heart failure. 
  • Predischarge initiation of carvedilol in patients hospitalized for decompensated heart failure: results of the Initiation Management Predischarge: Process for Assessment of Carvedilol Therapy in Heart Failure (IMPACT-HF) trial. 
  • Preoperative Cognitive Impairment As a Predictor of Postoperative Outcomes in a Collaborative Care Model. 
  • Preoperative Frailty Increases Risk of Nonhome Discharge after Elective Vascular Surgery in Home-Dwelling Patients. 
  • Preoperative Nutritional Status is an Independent Predictor of 30-day Hospital Readmission After Elective Spine Surgery. 
  • Preoperative Optimization Checklists Within the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Bundle Have Not Decreased Hospital Returns for Total Knee Arthroplasty. 
  • Preoperative pain level and patient expectation predict hospital length of stay after total hip arthroplasty. 
  • Prescribing warfarin at discharge for heart failure patients: findings from the Get With The Guidelines-Heart Failure Registry. 
  • Prevalence and outcomes of same-day discharge after elective percutaneous coronary intervention among older patients. 
  • Preventable readmissions within 30 days of ischemic stroke among Medicare beneficiaries. 
  • Prevention of symptomatic pulmonary embolism in patients undergoing total hip or knee arthroplasty. 
  • Procalcitonin-based indication of bacterial infection identifies high risk acute heart failure patients. 
  • Prognosis in medically stabilized unstable angina: early Holter ST-segment monitoring compared with predischarge exercise thallium tomography. 
  • Prognostic value of the GRACE discharge score for predicting the mortality of patients with stable coronary artery disease who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention. 
  • Promoting Direct Care Nurse Engagement in Research in Magnet Hospitals: The Parent Education Discharge Support Strategies Experience. 
  • Promoting Same-Day Discharge for Gynecologic Oncology Patients in Minimally Invasive Hysterectomy. 
  • Proposing short-term observation units for the management of decompression illness. 
  • Prospective evaluation of beta-blocker use at the time of hospital discharge as a heart failure performance measure: results from OPTIMIZE-HF. 
  • Prospective payment and psychiatric discharges from general hospitals with and without psychiatric units. 
  • Psychiatric education of the internist: a teaching conference approach. 
  • Qualifying Patients for Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation Devices on Hospital Discharge. 
  • Quality of care for atrial fibrillation among patients hospitalized for heart failure. 
  • Quality of care of and outcomes for African Americans hospitalized with heart failure: findings from the OPTIMIZE-HF (Organized Program to Initiate Lifesaving Treatment in Hospitalized Patients With Heart Failure) registry. 
  • Race, insurance status, and traumatic brain injury outcomes before and after enactment of the Affordable Care Act. 
  • Racial disparities in post-discharge healthcare utilization after trauma. 
  • Randomized Controlled Trial of Screening, Risk Modification, and Physical Therapy to Prevent Falls Among the Elderly Recently Discharged From the Emergency Department to the Community: The Steps to Avoid Falls in the Elderly Study. 
  • Randomized clinical trial of an emergency department observation syncope protocol versus routine inpatient admission. 
  • Randomized trial of physician alerts for thromboprophylaxis after discharge. 
  • Rate versus rhythm control and outcomes in patients with atrial fibrillation and chronic kidney disease: data from the GUSTO-III Trial. 
  • Rationale and design of the Initiation Management Predischarge: Process for Assessment of Carvedilol Therapy for Heart Failure (IMPACT-HF) study. 
  • Readmission after major surgery: effect of the postdischarge environment. 
  • Readmissions After Acute Myocardial Infarction: How Often Do Patients Return to the Discharging Hospital? 
  • Recent nationwide trends in discharge statin treatment of hospitalized patients with stroke. 
  • Recovery from hospital-acquired anemia after acute myocardial infarction and effect on outcomes. 
  • Reducing family stress during and after coronary artery bypass surgery. 
  • Reduction in heart failure events by the addition of a clinical pharmacist to the heart failure management team: results of the Pharmacist in Heart Failure Assessment Recommendation and Monitoring (PHARM) Study. 
  • Regional Variations in Rehabilitation Outcomes of Adult Patients With Traumatic Brain Injury: A Uniform Data System for Medical Rehabilitation Investigation. 
  • Relation of Postdischarge Care Fragmentation and Outcomes in Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation from the STS/ACC TVT Registry. 
  • Relation of serum magnesium levels and postdischarge outcomes in patients hospitalized for heart failure (from the EVEREST Trial). 
  • Relationship between early physician follow-up and 30-day readmission among Medicare beneficiaries hospitalized for heart failure. 
  • Relationship between left ventricular ejection fraction and cardiovascular outcomes following hospitalization for heart failure: insights from the RELAX-AHF-2 trial. 
  • Relationship between occurrence of surgical complications and hospital finances. 
  • Relationship of vitamin D deficiency to clinical outcomes in critically ill patients. 
  • Relief and Recurrence of Congestion During and After Hospitalization for Acute Heart Failure: Insights From Diuretic Optimization Strategy Evaluation in Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (DOSE-AHF) and Cardiorenal Rescue Study in Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (CARESS-HF). 
  • Renal Dysfunction Is Associated With Poststroke Discharge Disposition and In-Hospital Mortality: Findings From Get With The Guidelines-Stroke. 
  • Representativeness of the Get With The Guidelines-Stroke Registry: comparison of patient and hospital characteristics among Medicare beneficiaries hospitalized with ischemic stroke. 
  • Respiratory Medications in Infants <29 Weeks during the First Year Postdischarge: The Prematurity and Respiratory Outcomes Program (PROP) Consortium. 
  • Response to Editor "Continuous adductor canal blockade facilitates increased home discharge and decreased opioid consumption after total knee arthroplasty". 
  • Restarting the cycle: incidence and predictors of first acute care use after nursing home discharge. 
  • Risk adjustment for complications of hysterectomy: limitations of routinely collected administrative data. 
  • Risk factors for postpartum readmission for preeclampsia or hypertension before delivery discharge among low-risk women: a case-control study. 
  • Risk stratification after myocardial infarction. 
  • Rivaroxaban for Thromboprophylaxis after Hospitalization for Medical Illness. 
  • Safety of same-day discharge after percutaneous coronary intervention: what is the level of evidence? 
  • Same day discharge following transradial PCI in India: Creating value for patients and providers. 
  • Same-Day Discharge After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Current Perspectives and Strategies for Implementation. 
  • Same-Day Discharge After Robotic-Assisted Sacrocolpopexy. 
  • Same-day discharge among patients undergoing elective PCI: Insights from the VA CART Program. 
  • Same-day discharge and risks of mortality and readmission after elective ICD placement for primary prevention. 
  • Same-day discharge compared with overnight hospitalization after uncomplicated percutaneous coronary intervention: a systematic review and meta-analysis. 
  • Seasonal variation in 30-day mortality after stroke: teaching versus nonteaching hospitals. 
  • Selection of Postacute Stroke Rehabilitation Facilities: A Survey of Discharge Planners From the Northeast Cerebrovascular Consortium (NECC) Region. 
  • Self-Care and Mobility Following Postacute Rehabilitation for Older Adults With Hip Fracture: A Multilevel Analysis. 
  • Sex and Racial Disparities in Cardiac Rehabilitation Referral at Hospital Discharge and Gaps in Long-Term Mortality. 
  • Shifting Medicare patients out of the hospital. 
  • Short recovery time after percutaneous liver biopsy: should we change our current practices? 
  • Six-month follow-up of patients with in-hospital thrombocytopenia during heparin-based anticoagulation (from the Complications After Thrombocytopenia Caused by Heparin [CATCH] registry). 
  • Skilled Nursing Facilities After Total Knee Arthroplasty: The Time for Selective Partnerships Is Now! 
  • Social support and hostility as predictors of depressive symptoms in cardiac patients one month after hospitalization: a prospective study. 
  • Standardizing care for acute decompensated heart failure in a large megatrial: the approach for the Acute Studies of Clinical Effectiveness of Nesiritide in Subjects with Decompensated Heart Failure (ASCEND-HF). 
  • Statewide Longitudinal Progression of the Whole-Patient Measure of Safety in South Carolina. 
  • Statin use, intensity, and 3-year clinical outcomes among older patients with coronary artery disease. 
  • Strategic Patient Discharge: the Case of Long-Term Care Hospitals. 
  • Strategies to Support Oral Feeding of High-Risk Infants. 
  • Successful Community Discharge Following Postacute Rehabilitation for Medicare Beneficiaries: Analysis of a Patient-Centered Quality Measure. 
  • Survey of on-call systems in hospital social work departments informs change in compensation. 
  • Switching of adenosine diphosphate receptor inhibitor after hospital discharge among myocardial infarction patients: Insights from the Treatment with Adenosine Diphosphate Receptor Inhibitors: Longitudinal Assessment of Treatment Patterns and Events after Acute Coronary Syndrome (TRANSLATE-ACS) observational study. 
  • Tailoring your heart failure project for success in rural areas. 
  • Temporal Changes in Postdischarge Mortality Risk After Hospitalization for Heart Failure (from the EVEREST Trial). 
  • Temporal Trends and Variation in Early Scheduled Follow-Up After a Hospitalization for Heart Failure: Findings from Get With The Guidelines-Heart Failure. 
  • Temporal trends and predictors in the use of aldosterone antagonists post-acute myocardial infarction. 
  • Temporal trends for secondary prevention measures among patients hospitalized with coronary artery disease. 
  • The American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Surgical Risk Calculator Has a Role in Predicting Discharge to Post-Acute Care in Total Joint Arthroplasty. 
  • The Comprehensive Post-Acute Stroke Services (COMPASS) study: design and methods for a cluster-randomized pragmatic trial. 
  • The Enhancing Quality of Prescribing Practices for Older Veterans Discharged From the Emergency Department (EQUIPPED) Potentially Inappropriate Medication Dashboard: A Suitable Alternative to the In-person Academic Detailing and Standardized Feedback Reports of Traditional EQUIPPED? 
  • The Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program: Nationwide Perspectives and Recommendations: A JACC: Heart Failure Position Paper. 
  • The Impact of Hospital Health Network Affiliation on Discharge Communication Preferences of Primary Care Providers. 
  • The Impact of Race and Socioeconomic Status on Treatment and Outcomes of Blunt Splenic Injury. 
  • The Initiation Management Predischarge Process for Assessment of Carvedilol Therapy for Heart Failure (IMPACT-HF) Study: design and implications. 
  • The Medicare Shared Savings Program and Outcomes for Ischemic Stroke Patients: a Retrospective Cohort Study. 
  • The Risk Assessment and Prediction Tool (RAPT) for Discharge Planning in a Posterior Lumbar Fusion Population. 
  • The Role of Malnutrition in Ninety-Day Outcomes After Total Joint Arthroplasty. 
  • The Role of Social Support and Psychological Distress in Predicting Discharge: A Pilot Study for Hip and Knee Arthroplasty Patients. 
  • The association between guideline-based treatment instructions at the point of discharge and lower 1-year mortality in Medicare patients after acute myocardial infarction: the American College of Cardiology's Guidelines Applied in Practice (GAP) initiative in Michigan. 
  • The association of discharge destination with 30-day rehospitalization rates among older adults receiving lumbar spinal fusion surgery. 
  • The association of in-hospital guideline adherence and longitudinal postdischarge mortality in older patients with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. 
  • The changing epidemiology of mechanical ventilation: a population-based study. 
  • The effect of Medicaid status on weight loss, hospital length of stay, and 30-day readmission after laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery. 
  • The effects of state psychiatric hospital waitlist policies on length of stay and time to readmission. 
  • The experiences of older caregivers of cancer patients following hospital discharge. 
  • The impact of diabetes mellitus and renal insufficiency on the outcome of endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair. 
  • The impact of glycemic control and diabetes mellitus on perioperative outcomes after total joint arthroplasty. 
  • The impact of the prospective payment system: perceived changes in the nature of practice and clinical education. 
  • The morning report. 
  • The nature and effectiveness of general hospital psychiatric services. 
  • The prevalence, predictors and outcomes of guideline-directed medical therapy in patients with acute myocardial infarction undergoing PCI, an analysis from the PROMETHEUS registry. 
  • The quality of pharmacotherapy in older veterans discharged from the emergency department or urgent care clinic. 
  • The risk of risk-adjustment measures for perioperative spine infection after spinal surgery. 
  • The role of cardiac morbidity in short- and long-term mortality in injured older patients who survive initial resuscitation. 
  • The teaching hospital's growing surgical caseload. 
  • The vulnerable phase after hospitalization for heart failure. 
  • Therapeutic use of granulocyte colony-stimulating factors for established febrile neutropenia: effect on costs from a hospital perspective. 
  • Therapeutic versus prophylactic anticoagulation for patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 and elevated D-dimer concentration (ACTION): an open-label, multicentre, randomised, controlled trial. 
  • Ticagrelor Use in Acute Myocardial Infarction: Insights From the National Cardiovascular Data Registry. 
  • Time to treatment with intravenous tissue plasminogen activator and outcome from acute ischemic stroke. 
  • Time-based risk assessment after myocardial infarction. Implications for timing of discharge and applications to medical decision-making. 
  • Timing of Complications Occurring Within 30 Days After Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery. 
  • Timing of First Postdischarge Follow-up and Medication Adherence After Acute Myocardial Infarction. 
  • Timing of Postdischarge Follow-Up and Medication Adherence Among Patients With Heart Failure. 
  • Tracking Patients in Community-Based Palliative Care through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Healthcare Innovation Project. 
  • Trait anger, anger expression, and suicide attempts among adolescents and young adults: a prospective study. 
  • Transition of Care from the Emergency Department to the Outpatient Setting: A Mixed-Methods Analysis. 
  • Transition of care for acute stroke and myocardial infarction patients: from hospitalization to rehabilitation, recovery, and secondary prevention. 
  • Transition to Adult Health Care and the Need for a Pregnant Pause. 
  • Transitional Care Partners: a hospital-to-home support for older adults and their caregivers. 
  • Transitional care after hospitalization for acute stroke or myocardial infarction: a systematic review. 
  • Transitional care from skilled nursing facilities to home: study protocol for a stepped wedge cluster randomized trial. 
  • Transitional care of older adults in skilled nursing facilities: A systematic review. 
  • Transitions in Care for Infants with Trisomy 13 or 18. 
  • Translating clinical trials into practice. 
  • Transradial approach for coronary angiography and interventions: results of the first international transradial practice survey. 
  • Trauma Bay Disposition of Infants and Young Children With Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and Positive Head Imaging. 
  • Treatment and risk in heart failure: gaps in evidence or quality? 
  • Trends in Hospice Discharge and Relative Outcomes Among Medicare Patients in the Get With The Guidelines-Heart Failure Registry. 
  • Trends in Readmissions and Length of Stay for Patients Hospitalized With Heart Failure in Canada and the United States. 
  • Trends in endovascular therapy and clinical outcomes within the nationwide Get With The Guidelines-Stroke registry. 
  • Trends in inpatient urinary incontinence surgery in the USA, 1998-2007. 
  • Trends in pathological vertebral fractures in the United States: 1993 to 2004. 
  • Trends in the use of evidence-based treatments for coronary artery disease among women and the elderly: findings from the get with the guidelines quality-improvement program. 
  • Triage after hospitalization with advanced heart failure: the ESCAPE (Evaluation Study of Congestive Heart Failure and Pulmonary Artery Catheterization Effectiveness) risk model and discharge score. 
  • Troponin T levels in patients with acute heart failure: clinical and prognostic significance of their detection and release during hospitalisation. 
  • Tuberculosis management continues to utilize a large amount of hospital resources in the United States. 
  • Underuse of indicated medications among physically frail older US veterans at the time of hospital discharge: results of a cross-sectional analysis of data from the Geriatric Evaluation and Management Drug Study. 
  • Unnecessary drug use in frail older people at hospital discharge. 
  • Untangling Health Trajectories among Patients with Sepsis. 
  • Urinary tract infection after stroke: A narrative review. 
  • Use of Cardiac Noninvasive Testing After Emergency Department Discharge: Association of Hospital Network Testing Intensity and Outcomes in Ontario, Canada. 
  • Use of Oral Anticoagulation in Eligible Patients Discharged With Heart Failure and Atrial Fibrillation. 
  • Use of Reflux Medications in Premature Infants After Hospital Discharge. 
  • Use of a standardized assessment to predict rehabilitation care after acute stroke. 
  • Use of aldosterone antagonists at discharge after myocardial infarction: results from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry Acute Coronary Treatment and Intervention Outcomes Network (ACTION) Registry-Get with the Guidelines (GWTG). 
  • Use of evidence-based therapies in short-term outcomes of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction and non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction in patients with chronic kidney disease: a report from the National Cardiovascular Data Acute Coronary Treatment and Intervention Outcomes Network registry. 
  • Use of health services by medically ill depressed elderly patients after hospital discharge. 
  • Use of intensive lipid-lowering therapy in patients hospitalized with acute coronary syndrome: an analysis of 65,396 hospitalizations from 344 hospitals participating in Get With The Guidelines (GWTG). 
  • Use of medications for gastroesophageal reflux at discharge among extremely low birth weight infants. 
  • Use of patient registries and administrative datasets for the study of pediatric cancer. 
  • Usefulness of the QRS score as a strong prognostic marker in patients discharged after undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. 
  • Using intake and change in multiple psychosocial measures to predict functional status outcomes in people with lumbar spine syndromes: a preliminary analysis. 
  • Using physician claims to identify postoperative complications of carotid endarterectomy. 
  • Utilization of acute care among patients with ESRD discharged home from skilled nursing facilities. 
  • Utilization of an Electronic Patient Portal Following Total Joint Arthroplasty Does Not Decrease Readmissions. 
  • Utilization of hospice and predicted mortality risk among older patients hospitalized with heart failure: findings from GWTG-HF. 
  • Utilization of secondary prevention therapies in patients with nonobstructive coronary artery disease identified during cardiac catheterization: insights from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry Cath-PCI Registry. 
  • VA Stroke Study: neurologist care is associated with increased testing but improved outcomes. 
  • Variability in survival and post-cardiac arrest care following successful resuscitation from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. 
  • Variation in Warfarin Use at Hospital Discharge After Isolated Bioprosthetic Mitral Valve Replacement: An Analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database. 
  • Variation in warfarin thromboprophylaxis after mitral valve repair: does equipoise exist and is a randomized trial warranted? 
  • Water and sodium in heart failure: a spotlight on congestion. 
  • Weaning of Moderately Preterm Infants from the Incubator to the Crib: A Randomized Clinical Trial. 
  • Weekend hospital admission and discharge for heart failure: association with quality of care and clinical outcomes. 
  • Weekend/holiday versus weekday hospital discharge and guideline adherence (from the American Heart Association's Get with the Guidelines--Coronary Artery Disease database). 
  • What do medical students learn when they follow patients from hospital to community? A longitudinal qualitative study. 
  • What's Next for Acute Heart Failure Research? 
  • Which Patients Require Extended Thromboprophylaxis After Colectomy? Modeling Risk and Assessing Indications for Post-discharge Pharmacoprophylaxis. 
  • Why has hospital length of stay declined? An evaluation of alternative theories. 
  • Winning the war against ICU-acquired weakness: new innovations in nutrition and exercise physiology. 
  • Women undergoing aortic surgery are at higher risk for unplanned readmissions compared with men especially when discharged home. 
  • [Predictive value of the GRACE discharge score on the long-term out-of-hospital coronary thrombotic events after implantation of drug-eluting stents]. 
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  • Bettger, Janet Prvu, Associate Professor in Orthopaedic Surgery, Duke Science & Society
  • Curtis, Lesley H., Professor in Population Health Sciences, Medicine, General Internal Medicine
  • O'Connor, Christopher Michael, Richard Sean Stack, M.D. Distinguished Professor, Medicine, Clinical Pharmacology
  • Olsen, Maren Karine, Professor of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics, Biostatistics & Bioinformatics
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