Questioning Accepted Wisdom: When Is Evidence-Based Practice Not the Best Practice? Modern systems for managing patients rely on evidence based practice, a well proven system for the treatment of diseases in in-patient settings. Statistically speaking, evidence based practice will always emerge as the best approach, since interventions are selected based on the degree to […]
A randomized control study of 3,988 high-risk gastrointestinal, heart or lower respiratory patients found that prioritized, telephonic outreach by case managers following hospital discharge reduced future readmissions by 22 percent. The results of the study, conducted by health insurance provider Cigna (NYSE:CI), are published in the December 2012 issue of the independent, peer-reviewed American […]
