Preventability and Causes of Readmissions in a National Cohort of General Medicine Patients
JAMA Internal MedicinePublished 8 March 2016Open access
Andrew D. Auerbach, Sunil Kripalani, Eduard E. Vasilevskis, Neil Jay Sehgal, Peter K. Lindenauer, Joshua P. Metlay
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High-priority areas for improvement efforts include improved communication among health care teams and between health care professionals and patients, greater attention to patients' readiness for discharge, enhanced disease monitoring, and better support for patient self-management.
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Approximately one-quarter of readmissions are potentially preventable when assessed using multiple perspectives. High-priority areas for improvement efforts include improved communication among health care teams and between health care professionals and patients, greater attention to patients' readiness for discharge, enhanced disease monitoring, and better support for patient self-management.
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