Implementation Experience with a 30-Day Hospital Readmission Risk Score in a Large, Integrated Health System: A Retrospective Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Driven by quality outcomes and economic incentives, predicting 30-day hospital readmissions remains important for healthcare systems. The Cleveland Clinic Health System (CCHS) implemented an internally validated readmission risk score in the electronic medical record (EMR).

Objective

We evaluated the predictive accuracy of the readmission risk score across CCHS hospitals, across primary discharge diagnosis categories, between surgical/medical specialties, and by race and ethnicity.

Design

Retrospective cohort study.

Participants

Adult patients discharged from a CCHS hospital April 2017-September 2020.

Main measures

Data was obtained from the CCHS EMR and billing databases. All patients discharged from a CCHS hospital were included except those

SUBMITTER: Misra-Hebert AD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8821785 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature