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Reducing Hospital Readmissions via Optimization of Emergency Department Care.

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McElroy, LM; Schmidt, KA; Richards, CT; McHugh, MC; Holl, JL; Adams, JG; Ladner, DP
Published in: Transplantation
April 2016

Over the past 5 years, early hospital readmissions have become a national focus. With several recent publications highlighting the high rates of early hospital readmissions among transplant recipients, more work is needed to identify risk factors and strategies for reducing unnecessary readmissions among this patient population. Although the American Society of Transplant Surgeons is advocating the exclusion of transplant recipients from the calculation of hospital readmission rates, the outcome of their advocacy efforts remains uncertain. One potential strategy for reducing early hospital readmissions is to critically examine care received by transplant recipients in the emergency department (ED), a critical pathway to readmission. As a starting point, research is needed to assess rates of ED presentation among transplant recipients, diagnostic algorithms, and communication among clinical teams. Mixed-methods studies that enhance understanding of system-level barriers to optimized evaluation and treatment of transplant recipients in the ED may lead to quality improvement interventions that reduce unnecessary readmissions, even if the rates of transplant recipients presenting to the ED remains high.

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Transplantation

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EISSN

1534-6080

Publication Date

April 2016

Volume

100

Issue

4

Start / End Page

886 / 888

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Time Factors
  • Surgery
  • Postoperative Complications
  • Patient Readmission
  • Organ Transplantation
  • Humans
  • Health Care Costs
  • Emergency Service, Hospital
  • Critical Pathways
  • Cost-Benefit Analysis
 

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McElroy, L. M., Schmidt, K. A., Richards, C. T., McHugh, M. C., Holl, J. L., Adams, J. G., & Ladner, D. P. (2016). Reducing Hospital Readmissions via Optimization of Emergency Department Care. Transplantation, 100(4), 886–888. https://doi.org/10.1097/TP.0000000000000988
McElroy, Lisa M., Kathryn A. Schmidt, Christopher T. Richards, Megan C. McHugh, Jane L. Holl, James G. Adams, and Daniela P. Ladner. “Reducing Hospital Readmissions via Optimization of Emergency Department Care.Transplantation 100, no. 4 (April 2016): 886–88. https://doi.org/10.1097/TP.0000000000000988.
McElroy LM, Schmidt KA, Richards CT, McHugh MC, Holl JL, Adams JG, et al. Reducing Hospital Readmissions via Optimization of Emergency Department Care. Transplantation. 2016 Apr;100(4):886–8.
McElroy, Lisa M., et al. “Reducing Hospital Readmissions via Optimization of Emergency Department Care.Transplantation, vol. 100, no. 4, Apr. 2016, pp. 886–88. Pubmed, doi:10.1097/TP.0000000000000988.
McElroy LM, Schmidt KA, Richards CT, McHugh MC, Holl JL, Adams JG, Ladner DP. Reducing Hospital Readmissions via Optimization of Emergency Department Care. Transplantation. 2016 Apr;100(4):886–888.

Published In

Transplantation

DOI

EISSN

1534-6080

Publication Date

April 2016

Volume

100

Issue

4

Start / End Page

886 / 888

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Time Factors
  • Surgery
  • Postoperative Complications
  • Patient Readmission
  • Organ Transplantation
  • Humans
  • Health Care Costs
  • Emergency Service, Hospital
  • Critical Pathways
  • Cost-Benefit Analysis