(HealthDay News) — Implementation of the Medicare Bundled Payments for Care Improvement (BPCI) initiative has failed to cut readmission rates following hospitalization for acute exacerbation of ...

Since the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 – commonly referred to as the ACA, hospitals and other healthcare facilities have been determined to meet the new standards of quality ...

GLOUCESTER — In April alone, Leatrice Croswell was hospitalized three times for severe shortness of breath linked to his chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD. By then, Croswell, a ...

Malnutrition, very severe airway obstruction, and the presence of three or more comorbidities were significant predictors of 180-day readmission for older adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary ...

Malnutrition significantly increases the 180-day hospital readmission rates among patients 65 years or older with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), highlighting the importance of ...

Remote interventions reduced hospital readmissions by over 50% in COPD patients, highlighting their potential to disrupt frequent exacerbation cycles. Significant improvements in quality of life were ...

Reducing readmissions is a top-of-mind concern for hospital administrators around the country. Not only does reducing readmissions have a positive influence on patient experience and community health, ...

Researchers conducted a retrospective cohort study to assess the prevalence of anemia and polycythemia in patients admitted with acute exacerbations of COPD and to determine whether these conditions ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Length of stay was 1 day longer for those with asthma-COPD overlap vs. COPD or asthma alone and the cost was ...