Impact of obtaining prescriptions upon discharge on hospital readmissions in a large healthcare system
A statistically significant decrease in 30-day hospital readmission rate was seen in the Ascension Seton hospital-based discharge pharmacy group compared to the study group that had their discharge prescriptions sent to a pharmacy other than an Ascension Seton hospital-based discharge pharmacy.
Authors
- Brian T. Nguyen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0282-3241)
- Brandy McGinnis
- Emily Ong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4380-8619)
- Ethan Robarts
- Neil Pan
Institutions
- Ascension (US)
- Seton Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy
- Published
- 2024-12-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ajhp/zxae395
- Primary Topic
- Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00