Search Tag: hospital discharge

Cardiology Management

Patients-readmitted-to-same-hospital-have-better-outcomes

2017 14 May

New research published in the Journal of the American Heart Association suggests that patients with heart failure who were rehospitalised within a month to the same hospital were discharged quicker and were more likely to survive.  Ambulance policies in both the US and Canada require patients to be taken to the nearest emergency room even if...Read more

Cardiology Management

Deadly-heart-risks-remain-high-after-hospital-discharge

2015 08 Feb

According to a new study by Yale School of Medicine researchers, there is a one in five risk of rehospitalisation or death in the month following an older heart patient's hospital discharge. The researchers found that the risks remain high for up to a year but can be more effectively addressed with targeted care. The study has been published in the...Read more