Predictive Modeling for CHF Readmissions
January 15, 2013 | Terry Sharrer
With changing CMS rules on hospital readmissions, Intermountain Health Center (Salt Lake City, UT) has developed a computerized algorithm that assesses 51 risk factors for readmission of congestive hearth failure patients. They found the most predictive factors to be age, the number of medications the patient takes, length of stay in the hospital, depression, and atria fibrillation. MORE