2022
An Initiative to Improve Performance on a National Transition of Care Measure and to Reduce Readmissions in an Academic Psychiatric Hospital
Li L, Kulp W, Krieg H, Aptaker D, Klink B, Knox D, Pincus HA. An Initiative to Improve Performance on a National Transition of Care Measure and to Reduce Readmissions in an Academic Psychiatric Hospital. The Joint Commission Journal On Quality And Patient Safety 2022, 48: 205-213. PMID: 35193810, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjq.2022.01.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsQuality improvement projectReadmission ratesPsychiatric hospitalCompliance rateCause readmission rateDecrease hospital readmissionsClinical decision support toolAcademic psychiatric hospitalAdverse patient outcomesImprovement projectClinical diagnosis dataHospital readmissionPreintervention periodCare measuresPatient outcomesCDS toolProvider complianceReadmissionCDS toolsHospitalOutcome metricsPrimary measureYear 2Year 3Diagnosis data
2019
Corrigendum to ‘Patterns and Costs of 90-Day Readmission for Surgical and Medical Complications Following Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty’ [The Journal of Arthroplasty 34 (2019) 2304–2307]
Schwarzkopf R, Behery OA, Yu H, Suter LG, Li L, Horwitz LI. Corrigendum to ‘Patterns and Costs of 90-Day Readmission for Surgical and Medical Complications Following Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty’ [The Journal of Arthroplasty 34 (2019) 2304–2307]. The Journal Of Arthroplasty 2019, 35: 909. PMID: 31785962, DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2019.11.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPatterns and Costs of 90-Day Readmission for Surgical and Medical Complications Following Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty
Schwarzkopf R, Behery OA, Yu H, Suter LG, Li L, Horwitz LI. Patterns and Costs of 90-Day Readmission for Surgical and Medical Complications Following Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty. The Journal Of Arthroplasty 2019, 34: 2304-2307. PMID: 31279598, PMCID: PMC7011860, DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2019.05.046.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsArthroplasty, Replacement, HipArthroplasty, Replacement, KneeCenters for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.Elective Surgical ProceduresHospitalsHumansMedicarePatient DischargePatient ReadmissionPostoperative ComplicationsQuality ImprovementRetrospective StudiesTime FactorsUnited StatesConceptsDays of dischargeSurgical complicationsUnplanned readmissionTKA patientsTotal hipKnee arthroplastyPrimary THA/TKAElective total hipTHA/TKAReadmission categoriesDays postdischargeIndex hospitalQuality improvement targetsIndex surgeryMedical complicationsIndex procedureSuch complicationsMedicare patientsReadmissionRetrospective analysisComplicationsPatientsMedicaid ServicesHospitalTHARisk of Readmission After Discharge From Skilled Nursing Facilities Following Heart Failure Hospitalization: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Weerahandi H, Li L, Bao H, Herrin J, Dharmarajan K, Ross JS, Kim KL, Jones S, Horwitz LI. Risk of Readmission After Discharge From Skilled Nursing Facilities Following Heart Failure Hospitalization: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Journal Of The American Medical Directors Association 2019, 20: 432-437. PMID: 30954133, PMCID: PMC6486375, DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2019.01.135.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSkilled nursing facilitiesSNF dischargeRetrospective cohort studySNF lengthHeart failureHF hospitalizationComposite outcomeCohort studyNursing facilitiesService beneficiaries 65Heart failure hospitalizationRisk of readmissionHazard rate ratiosFailure hospitalizationUnplanned readmissionHF diagnosisHospital dischargePostdischarge outcomesSNF stayMedicare patientsMedicare feeHome transitionPatientsReadmissionDay 3