The Same Readmissions Tune Keeps Playing. Not A Pleasant Melody.

Bradley Flansbaum

Posted 3/28/12 on The Hospitalist Leader

Of note, a very nice commentary in today’s NEJM regarding our inability to control 30-day readmissions, and the justifications (or lack thereof) for its continued use as a metric in judging inpatient quality.  I suggest everyone who works on the front lines read it: