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Cogent Healthcare
Study Finds Cogent’s Hospitalist Programs Result in Profoundly Low Hospital Readmission Rates
July 6th, 2009
Hospitalist programs designed and managed by Cogent Healthcare have been found by a recent academic study to have exceptionally low readmission rates, especially for Medicare patients, officials announced. These results were found through a study co-authored by researchers from the University of Wisconsin and Northwestern University. Presented at the Society of Hospital Medicine's Annual Meeting in May, the study findings were among those awarded Best of Research, Innovations and Clinical Vignettes. According to the study, which reviewed patients discharged from 25 hospitals in 11 states during a one year period, Medicare patients who had been treated and discharged...
Source: Managed Care Weekly Digest (2009-07-06)
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