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August 21, 2014American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy85 citations

Effects of a hospitalwide pharmacy practice model change on readmission and return to emergency department rates

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SASammuel V. AndereggSWSamaneh T. WilkinsonRCRick Couldry

Structured PICO

Does a team-based pharmacy practice model reduce 30-day readmissions and return to emergency department rates in high-risk patients?

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Population
high-risk patients
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Intervention
team-based pharmacy practice model
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Outcome
rate of 30-day readmissionshard clinical

A team-based pharmacy practice model significantly decreases 30-day readmissions in high-risk patients.

Abstract

Implementation of a team-based pharmacy practice model resulted in a significant decrease in the rate of 30-day readmissions for high-risk patients.

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Anderegg et al. (2014) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d56d2875589c71d767cf85https://doi.org/10.2146/ajhp130686
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