Podcast 86: Prompt follow-up after discharge for heart failure reduces early-readmission rates.

Why wouldn’t you want your hospital to lower its rate of early readmissions for heart failure by 15%? We talk with Dr. Adrian Hernandez about his examination of Medicare data from over 200 hospitals, how the hospitals vary widely in the rates at which their patients are followed up within a week of discharge for heart failure, and what that means for readmission rates. Hint: hospitals with more efficient follow-up have lower readmission rates. Listen in to our conversation.

Interview-related link:

• Physician’s First Watch summary of Hernandez’s JAMA article

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