Search Tag: hospital readmissions

2024 09 Jul

  Approximately 500,000 Americans die annually following admission to an ICU, often lacking decision-making capacity due to advanced illness or medications. Clinicians rely on surrogate decision-makers for care decisions, but communication breakdowns are common, making the process emotionally difficult for surrogates. This often leads to patients...Read more

2017 22 Jan

Readmissions due to sepsis are higher and costlier than for the four conditions already reported in the U.S. to measure quality of care and guide pay for performance, according to researchers from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System. Their research is published in JAMA to coincide with the presentation...Read more