New financial penalties for institutions with high readmission rates have intensified efforts to
reduce rehospitalization. Several interventions that involve multiple components (eg, patient …

In 2009, the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association published a
comprehensive scientific statement detailing the nursing care of the patient with an acute …

Background The National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS), a well‐validated tool for
assessing initial stroke severity, has previously been shown to be associated with mortality …

Hospital readmission is a high-priority health care quality measure and target for cost
reduction. Despite broad interest in readmission, relatively little research has focused on …

Importance The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently identified 30-day
readmission after discharge from inpatient rehabilitation facilities as a national quality …

Context There is increasing interest in reporting risk-standardized outcomes for Medicare
beneficiaries hospitalized with acute ischemic stroke, but whether it is necessary to include …

Introduction Little is known about trends in the overall combined burden of fatal and nonfatal
cerebrovascular disease events in the United States. Our objective was to describe the …

Background and Purpose—The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services proposes to
use 30-day hospital readmissions after ischemic stroke as part of the Hospital Inpatient …

Background and Purpose—Readmission within 30 days of hospital discharge for ischemic
stroke is an important quality of care metric. We aimed to provide nationwide estimates of 30 …

Hospitals are challenged with reevaluating their hospital's transitional care practices, to
reduce 30-day readmission rates, prevent adverse events, and ensure a safe transition of …