welcomes you to the new, improved website!A transitional care program was instituted for CABG patients to improve care continuity after hospital discharge. The composite outcome was a combination of hospital readmission and death. Among 169 pts who entered the program compared to 232 control patients, program participation was the only independent predictor of improved outcome. The incidence of the composite outcome was reduced by two-thirds for patients in the program.
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Cardiac Surgery Nurse Practitioner Home Visits Prevent Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Readmissions
Submitted by: Mark Ferguson
Source: Annals of Thoracic Surgery
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Author(s): Michael H. Hall, Rick A. Esposito, Renee Pekmezaris, Martin Lesser, Donna Moravick, Lynda Jahn, Robert Blenderman, Meredith Akerman, Christian N. Nouryan, Alan R. Hartman
