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Intelligent Orthopedics: Machine Learning in Diagnosis of Bone Disease, Implants, and Bone Health Monitoring

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Efficient recovery from traumatic or degenerative diseases is a great challenge, even after all the advancements in bone and cartilage regeneration. Machine learning (ML) algorithms have presented opportunities to enhance these aspects by accurately analyzing imaging data.
Maryam Kamaei, Hesam Mohammadi, Shamim Golafshan, Mojtaba Alehosseini, Mahsa Mohammadzadeh, Atefeh Golshirazi, Nasim Golafshan, Tatiane Eufrásio‐da‐Silva, Alireza Dolatshahi‐Pirouz, Gorka Orive   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Predictive Risk Modelling for Hospital Readmissions [PDF]

, 2014
This thesis is concerned with developing a predictive risk model to identify patients that are at high risk of readmission to hospital. Such a model should have a desirable level of predictive accuracy but also, should be financially beneficial to the ...
Forsythe, Claire Elizabeth
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One‐Year Healthcare Utilization and Costs After Emergency Department Encounters for Uncomplicated Appendicitis: A Statewide Observational Study

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Non‐operative management with antibiotics has emerged as an alternative to appendectomy for uncomplicated appendicitis. This study compared one‐year healthcare costs and utilization outcomes after operative versus non‐operative management of uncomplicated appendicitis using statewide administrative data.
Andrew C. Meltzer, Michael Makutonin, Taylor Gorak, Aditya Loganathan, Jack A. Meltzer, Avi Dor   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Association of hospital and market characteristics with 30-day readmission rates from 2009 to 2015

SAGE Open Medicine
Objectives: The US government implemented the Hospital Readmission Reduction Program on 1 October 2012 to reduce readmission rates through financial penalties to hospitals with excessive readmissions.
Gabriel S Tajeu, Ganisher Davlyatov, David Becker, Robert Weech-Maldonado, Abby Swanson Kazley   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Readmission prediction via deep contextual embedding of clinical concepts. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2018
Hospital readmission costs a lot of money every year. Many hospital readmissions are avoidable, and excessive hospital readmissions could also be harmful to the patients.
Cao Xiao, Tengfei Ma, Adji B Dieng, David M Blei, Fei Wang   +4 more
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Achievement of the Ideal Outcome After Pancreatectomy for Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Is Associated With Earlier Initiation and Higher Completion Rates of Adjuvant Chemotherapy and Improved Long‐Term Survival

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background The Ideal Outcome is a composite quality indicator reflecting optimal postoperative course after pancreatic surgery. This study aimed to clarify the prognostic significance of achieving the Ideal Outcome and its influence on the initiation and completion of adjuvant chemotherapy.
Ryosuke Fukushima, Kenichiro Araki, Ryo Muranushi, Kouki Hoshino, Kei Hagiwara, Shunsuke Kawai, Mariko Tsukagoshi, Takamichi Igarashi, Norio Kubo, Ken Shirabe   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Potential of community-based risk estimates for improving hospital performance measures and discharge planning

BMJ Open Quality, 2021
Background Risk-adjusted rates of hospital readmission are a common indicator of hospital performance. There are concerns that current risk-adjustment methods do not account for the many factors outside the hospital setting that can affect readmission ...
Michael Reid, George Kephart, Pantelis Andreou, Alysia Robinson   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Systematic Literature Review. 'Readmission to Hospital' Project [PDF]

, 2010
The review was conducted using rapid review methodology. Rapid review methodology involves an initial scoping stage to identify particular areas the review should focus upon.
Coulton, K., Coulton, Simon
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Essential Updates in the Surgical Management of Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Current Topics From 2024 to Mid‐2026

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Inflammatory bowel disease management has undergone a major transformation with the introduction of treat‐to‐target strategies and highly effective biologic and small‐molecule therapies. Although these advances have reduced the overall requirement for surgery, operative intervention remains essential for selected patients with ulcerative ...
Yoshiki Okita, Tadanobu Shimura, Mikio Kawamura, Yuhki Koike, Yuji Toiyama   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Does Geographic Location Affect the Quality of Care? The Difference in Readmission Rates Between the Border and Non-Border Hospitals in Texas

Risk Management and Healthcare Policy, 2022
Dong Yeong Shin,1 Jongwha Chang,2 Zo H Ramamonjiarivelo,3 Mar Medina4 1Department of Public Health Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, USA; 2Department of Healthcare Administration, College of Business, Texas Woman’s University, Denton,
Shin DY, Chang J, Ramamonjiarivelo ZH, Medina M   +3 more
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