Association of discharge summary quality with readmission risk for patients hospitalized with heart failure exacerbation

Mohammed Salim Al-Damluji; Kristina Dzara; Beth Hodshon; Natdanai Punnanithinont; Harlan M Krumholz; Sarwat I Chaudhry; Leora I Horwitz

doi:10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.114.001476

Association of discharge summary quality with readmission risk for patients hospitalized with heart failure exacerbation

Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2015 Jan;8(1):109-11. doi: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.114.001476. Epub 2015 Jan 13.

Authors

Mohammed Salim Al-Damluji¹, Kristina Dzara¹, Beth Hodshon¹, Natdanai Punnanithinont¹, Harlan M Krumholz¹, Sarwat I Chaudhry¹, Leora I Horwitz²

Affiliations

¹ From the Section of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine (M.S.A.-D., K.D., S.I.C.), Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine (B.H., H.M.K.), and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program, Department of Internal Medicine (H.M.K.), Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; Department of Medicine, Erie County Medical Center, Buffalo, NY (N.P.); Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Yale-New Haven Hospital, CT (H.M.K., S.I.C.); Department of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, Yale University, New Haven, CT (H.M.K.); Center for Healthcare Innovation and Delivery Science, New York University Langone Medical Center (L.I.H.); Division of Healthcare Delivery Science, Department of Population Health (L.I.H.) and Division of General Internal Medicine and Clinical Innovation (L.I.H.), Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine.
² From the Section of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine (M.S.A.-D., K.D., S.I.C.), Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine (B.H., H.M.K.), and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program, Department of Internal Medicine (H.M.K.), Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; Department of Medicine, Erie County Medical Center, Buffalo, NY (N.P.); Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Yale-New Haven Hospital, CT (H.M.K., S.I.C.); Department of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, Yale University, New Haven, CT (H.M.K.); Center for Healthcare Innovation and Delivery Science, New York University Langone Medical Center (L.I.H.); Division of Healthcare Delivery Science, Department of Population Health (L.I.H.) and Division of General Internal Medicine and Clinical Innovation (L.I.H.), Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine. Leora.Horwitz@nyumc.org.

No abstract available

Keywords: epidemiology; heart failure; patient readmission; quality of health care.

Publication types

Multicenter Study
Randomized Controlled Trial
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Continuity of Patient Care / standards
Disease Progression
Heart Failure / diagnosis
Heart Failure / therapy*
Humans
Patient Admission
Patient Discharge / standards*
Patient Discharge Summaries / standards*
Patient Readmission*
Quality Control
Quality Improvement / standards
Quality Indicators, Health Care / standards*
Risk Factors
Telemedicine / standards*
Time Factors
United States

Publication types

MeSH terms

Grants and funding