Key result
An EMR-enabled strategy targeting care transition resources to high-risk heart failure patients reduced 30-day readmissions compared to standard care (AOR 0.73; 95% CI 0.58-0.93; p=0.01).
Why the study?
Does an EMR-enabled risk stratification and targeted intensive care transition intervention reduce 30-day all-cause readmissions in adult inpatients with heart failure?
Observational (n=1,747)
No
Does an EMR-enabled risk stratification and targeted intensive care transition intervention reduce 30-day all-cause readmissions in adult inpatients with heart failure?
Effect estimate: AOR 0.73 (95% CI 0.58 to 0.93)
Absolute Event Rate: 21.2% vs 26.2%
p-value: p=0.01
An EMR-enabled strategy targeting intensive care transition interventions to high-risk heart failure patients significantly reduces 30-day all-cause readmissions.
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May support targeted HF transitions; leaves open whether RCTs confirm readmission benefit.
Amarasingham et al. (2013) conducted an observational in Heart failure (n=1,747). EMR-enabled risk stratification and targeted intensive care transition interventions vs. Pre-intervention period (standard care) was evaluated on Readmission for any cause and to any hospital within 30 days of discharge (AOR 0.73, 95% CI 0.58 to 0.93, p=0.01). An EMR-enabled strategy targeting care transition resources to high-risk heart failure patients reduced 30-day readmissions compared to standard care (AOR 0.73; 95% CI 0.58-0.93; p=0.01).