Aiming to Improve Readmissions Through InteGrated Hospital Transitions (AIRTIGHT): a Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite years of intense focus, inpatient and observation readmission rates remain high and largely unchanged. Hospitals have little, robust evidence to guide the selection of interventions effective at reducing 30-day readmissions in real-world settings.

Objective

To evaluate if implementation of recent recommendations for hospital transition programs is effective at reducing 30-day readmissions in a population discharged to home and at high-risk for readmission.

Design

A non-blinded, pragmatic randomized controlled trial ( Clinicaltrials.gov : NCT02763202) conducted at two hospitals in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Patients

A total of 1876 adult patients, under the care of a hospitalist, and at high risk for readmissions.

Intervention

Random al

SUBMITTER: McWilliams A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6318199 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature