Understanding repeat acute care hospital visits Click here The goal of this document is to aid hospitals in understanding: 1. How repeat acute care hospital visits are defined, 2. Methods for analyzing revisit data, 3. Sources of data on revisit rates for Vermont hospitals, and 4. Factors found from other studies that put a patient at greater risk of a repeat acute care hospital visit.
New Medication Reconciliation Tool for Hospitals AHRQ has released a new toolkit to help hospitals improve their medication reconciliation processes to reduce adverse drug events. The Medications at Transitions and Clinical Handoffs (MATCH) Toolkit provides step-by-step instructions on how to improve a medication reconciliation process, from planning—including how to get leadership support—to pilot testing, implementation, and evaluation. Included is a workbook that helps users implement the Toolkit. The Toolkit is available at: http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/match/.
