"Readmission" is when patients who have had a recent stay in the hospital go back into a hospital again. The information on this website shows how often patients are readmitted within 30 days of discharge from a previous hospital stay for heart attack, heart failure, or pneumonia. Patients may have been readmitted back to the same hospital or to a different hospital or acute care facility. They may have been readmitted for the same condition as their recent hospital stay, or for a different reason.
This website shows how The Methodist Hospital System’s rates of readmission for heart attack, heart failure, and pneumonia patients compare to the U.S. National Rate. You can see whether the 30-day risk-adjusted rate of readmission for a hospital is lower (better) than the national rate, no different than the national rate, or higher (worse) than the national rate, given how sick patients were when they were admitted to the hospital. For some hospitals, the number of cases is too small (fewer than 25) to reliably tell how well the hospital is performing, so no comparison to the national rate is shown.
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What does this graph measure?
"Readmission" is when patients who have had a recent hospital stay need to go back into a hospital again. Medicare looks at how many heart attack patients need to be readmitted to the hospital within 30 days of their discharge. The information above tells you how The Methodist Hospital System compares to the U.S. National Rate for readmissions for heart attack patients. Each hospital’s rate of readmission is risk-adjusted, meaning it takes into account how sick patients were before they were admitted to the hospital for heart attack.
Why is this important?
There are many reasons why patients are readmitted to a hospital within 30 days of a hospital stay. When a hospital has a lower (better) risk-adjusted rate of readmission, it may mean that the hospital, physicians, and other healthcare professionals are doing a better job treating patients during their first hospital stay and preparing them for discharge and follow-up care after they leave the hospital.
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What does this graph measure?
"Readmission" is when patients who have had a recent hospital stay need to go back into a hospital again. Medicare looks at how many heart failure patients need to be readmitted to the hospital within 30 days of their discharge. The information above tells you how The Methodist Hospital System compares to the U.S. National Rate for readmissions for heart failure patients. Each hospital’s rate of readmission is risk-adjusted, meaning it takes into account how sick patients were before they were admitted to the hospital for heart failure.
Why is this important?
There are many reasons why patients are readmitted to a hospital within 30 days of a hospital stay. When a hospital has a lower (better) risk-adjusted rate of readmission, it may mean that the hospital, physicians, and other healthcare professionals are doing a better job treating patients during their first hospital stay and preparing them for discharge and follow-up care after they leave the hospital.
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What does this graph measure?
"Readmission" is when patients who have had a recent hospital stay need to go back into a hospital again. Medicare looks at how many pneumonia patients need to be readmitted to the hospital within 30 days of their discharge. The information above tells you how The Methodist Hospital System compares to the U.S. National Rate for readmissions for pneumonia patients. Each hospital’s rate of readmission is risk-adjusted, meaning it takes into account how sick patients were before they were admitted to the hospital for pneumonia.
Why is this important?
There are many reasons why patients are readmitted to a hospital within 30 days of a hospital stay. When a hospital has a lower (better) risk-adjusted rate of readmission, it may mean that the hospital, physicians, and other healthcare professionals are doing a better job treating patients during their first hospital stay and preparing them for discharge and follow-up care after they leave the hospital.
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