Early Physician's Assessment on Admission in Post-acute Care Facilities Reduce Rehospitalization

Greater than 25% of hospitalized Medicare patients are discharged to post-acute care facilities and yet one third of readmission from post-acute care facilities occur within the first week. Also, previous expert consensus indicates that early assessment on admission by medical staff may avoid unnecessary rehospitalizations. Therefore, timing of medical assessment may play an important role to prevent rehospitalizations and in doing so, prevent drain on resources and improve quality of care.

Source: Journal of the American Medical Directors Association - February 22, 2018 Category: Health Management Authors: Hyungseok Oh, H. Oh Tags: Quality Improvement Source Type: research