Robert Locklear: Data from full hospital stay not much better at predicting risk for readmission than data from first day, researchers find

Thursday, March 31, 2016

Data from full hospital stay not much better at predicting risk for readmission than data from first day, researchers find

Culling more detailed clinical data from electronic health records throughout a hospital stay did not substantially improve predictions about who was more likely to be readmitted, an analysis showed, suggesting further studies will be needed to help build effective analytical tools that can help predict outcomes and readmissions.