2018
Trends in 30-Day Readmission Rates for Medicare and Non-Medicare Patients in the Era of the Affordable Care Act
Angraal S, Khera R, Zhou S, Wang Y, Lin Z, Dharmarajan K, Desai NR, Bernheim SM, Drye EE, Nasir K, Horwitz LI, Krumholz HM. Trends in 30-Day Readmission Rates for Medicare and Non-Medicare Patients in the Era of the Affordable Care Act. The American Journal Of Medicine 2018, 131: 1324-1331.e14. PMID: 30016636, PMCID: PMC6380174, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2018.06.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHospital Readmissions Reduction ProgramReadmission ratesAcute myocardial infarctionHeart failurePatient groupMyocardial infarctionCause readmission rateNationwide Readmissions DatabaseReadmissions Reduction ProgramNon-Medicare patientsNon-target conditionsLower readmissionAffordable Care ActMedicare beneficiariesAge groupsPrivate insuranceCare ActPneumoniaInfarctionPatientsReduction programsMedicareGroupReadmissionFailure
1997
A collaborative project in Connecticut to improve the care of patients with acute myocardial infarction.
Meehan TP, Radford MJ, Vaccarino LV, Gottlieb LD, McGovern-Hughes B, Herman MV, Revkin JH, Therrien ML, Petrillo MK, Krumholz HM. A collaborative project in Connecticut to improve the care of patients with acute myocardial infarction. Connecticut Medicine 1997, 61: 147-55. PMID: 9097486.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsConnecticut Peer Review OrganizationPeer review organizationsCare of patientsAcute myocardial infarction careChart abstraction toolUse of thrombolyticsAcute myocardial infarctionMyocardial infarction careStaff education sessionsNon-Medicare patientsBeta blockersAtrial fibrillationAppropriate medicationEmergency departmentMyocardial infarctionQI interventionsLocal hospitalImprovement interventionsEducation sessionsHospitalQI planPatientsIndividual hospitalsQI activitiesQI project
1996
A Collaborative Project in Connecticut to Improve the Care of Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction
Meehan T, Radford M, Vaccarino L, Gottlieb L, McGovern-Hughes B, Herman M, Revkin J, Therrien M, Petrillo M, Krumholz H. A Collaborative Project in Connecticut to Improve the Care of Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction. The Joint Commission Journal On Quality And Patient Safety 1996, 22: 751-761. PMID: 8937949, DOI: 10.1016/s1070-3241(16)30280-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsConnecticut Peer Review OrganizationPeer review organizationsCare of patientsAcute myocardial infarction careChart abstraction toolUse of thrombolyticsAcute myocardial infarctionMyocardial infarction careStaff education sessionsNon-Medicare patientsBeta blockersAtrial fibrillationAppropriate medicationEmergency departmentMyocardial infarctionQI interventionsLocal hospitalImprovement interventionsEducation sessionsHospitalQI planPatientsIndividual hospitalsQI activitiesQI project