Enhancing recovery from sepsis: a review

HC Prescott, DC Angus - Jama, 2018‏ - jamanetwork.com
Importance Survival from sepsis has improved in recent years, resulting in an increasing
number of patients who have survived sepsis treatment. Current sepsis guidelines do not …

Discharge planning from hospital

DC Gonçalves-Bradley, NA Lannin… - Cochrane database …, 2022‏ - cochranelibrary.com
Background Discharge planning is a routine feature of health systems in many countries that
aims to reduce delayed discharge from hospital, and improve the co‐ordination of services …

Hospital readmissions reduction program

CK McIlvennan, ZJ Eapen, LA Allen - Circulation, 2015‏ - ahajournals.org
Hospital readmission measures have been touted not only as a quality measure but also as
a means to bend the healthcare cost curve. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) established the …

Continuity of care interventions for preventing hospital readmission of older people with chronic diseases: A meta-analysis

G Facchinetti, D D'Angelo, M Piredda, T Petitti… - International journal of …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Background Hospital readmission after discharge is a frequent, burdensome and costly
event, particularly frequent in older people with multiple chronic conditions. Few literature …

Predictive models for hospital readmission risk: A systematic review of methods

A Artetxe, A Beristain, M Grana - Computer methods and programs in …, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Objectives Hospital readmission risk prediction facilitates the identification of patients
potentially at high risk so that resources can be used more efficiently in terms of cost-benefit …

Canadian stroke best practice recommendations: rehabilitation, recovery, and community participation following stroke. Part two: transitions and community …

A Mountain, M Patrice Lindsay… - … Journal of Stroke, 2020‏ - journals.sagepub.com
The sixth update of the Canadian Stroke Best Practice Recommendations for Transitions
and Community Participation following Stroke is a comprehensive set of evidence-based …

International validity of the HOSPITAL score to predict 30-day potentially avoidable hospital readmissions

JD Donzé, MV Williams, EJ Robinson… - JAMA internal …, 2016‏ - jamanetwork.com
Importance Identification of patients at a high risk of potentially avoidable readmission
allows hospitals to efficiently direct additional care transitions services to the patients most …

Effects of a transitional palliative care model on patients with end-stage heart failure: a randomised controlled trial

FKY Wong, AYM Ng, PH Lee, P Lam, JSC Ng, NHY Ng… - Heart, 2016‏ - heart.bmj.com
Objective To examine the effects of home-based transitional palliative care for patients with
end-stage heart failure (ESHF) after hospital discharge. Methods This was a randomised …

Successful care transitions for older people: a systematic review and meta-analysis of the effects of interventions that support medication continuity

J Tomlinson, VL Cheong, B Fylan, J Silcock… - Age and …, 2020‏ - academic.oup.com
Background medication-related problems occur frequently when older patients are
discharged from hospital. Interventions to support medication use have been developed; …

National Heart Foundation of Australia and Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand: guidelines for the prevention, detection, and management of heart failure in …

JJ Atherton, A Sindone, CG De Pasquale… - Heart, Lung and …, 2018‏ - heartlungcirc.org
A transthoracic echocardiogram is recommended in patients with suspected heart failure, to
improve diagnostic accuracy, and in patients with a new diagnosis of heart failure, to assess …