Reducing avoidable hospital readmissions effectively: a statewide campaign

KA McCoy, K Bear-Pfaffendorf, JK Foreman… - The Joint Commission …, 2014 - Elsevier
… McCoy MPH, MS (Program Manager) , Kattie Bear-Pfaffendorf MBA, CPHQ (Patient Safety
and Quality Specialist) , Joann K. Foreman RN, BAN (Team Director) , Tania Daniels PT, MBA …

Utilization of network graph connectivity to evaluate complications of inpatient medical and surgical populations as a method to prioritize quality improvement efforts

K Bear-Pfaffendorf - bioRxiv, 2017 - biorxiv.org
Network graphs can provide a quantitative framework for identifying complications with
significant volumes and strong relationships to other complications, as a method for prioritization …

A Toolkit for Safety in Category II Electronic Fetal Monitoring

S Hoffman, MP Goering, KB Pfaffendorf - Journal of Obstetric …, 2020 - jognn.org
… Nancy K. Lowe … Kattie Bear Pfaffendorf, MBA CPHQ Kattie Bear Pfaffendorf

Do countries or hospitals with longer hospital stays for acute heart failure have lower readmission rates? Findings from ASCEND-HF

…, JJ McMurray, BM Massie, K Swedberg… - Circulation: Heart …, 2013 - Am Heart Assoc
Background— Hospital readmission is an important clinical outcome of patients with heart
failure. Its relation to length of stay for the initial hospitalization is not clear. Methods and …

Postdischarge outcomes in heart failure are better for teaching hospitals and weekday discharges

FA McAlister, AG Au, SR Majumdar… - Circulation: Heart …, 2013 - Am Heart Assoc
Background— It is unclear whether teaching status or day of discharge influences outcomes
after a heart failure hospitalization. Methods and Results— We evaluated adults discharged …

[PDF][PDF] Reducing Potentially-Preventable Readmissions in Critical Access Hospitals

E Distel, M Casey, S Prasad - 2016 - flexmonitoring.org
Preventable hospital readmissions are considered to be a marker of poor-quality care and
may reflect problems with care coordination. Additionally, they place a significant financial …

Care for a Pregnant Woman in a Persistent Vegetative State After a Hypoxic Event From 22 Weeks to Birth at 33 Weeks Gestation

C Tussey, K Zamago, P Champi - Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic & …, 2020 - jognn.org
Background Caring for a pregnant patient in a persistent vegetative state (PVS) is very
challenging. Our hospital admitted a 24-year-old woman who suffered sudden cardiac arrest, …