Characteristics associated with 30-day post-stroke readmission within an academic urban hospital network.

Objectives: Hospital readmissions are associated with poor health outcomes including illness severity and medical complications. The objective of this study was to identify characteristics associated with 30-day post-stroke readmission in an academic urban hospital network.

Materials And Methods: We collected data on patients admitted with stroke from 2017 through 2022 who were readmitted within 30 days of discharge and compared them to a subset of non-readmitted stroke patients.

Neurologists' Evaluations of Experience and Effectiveness of Teleneurology Encounters.

To better understand neurologists' assessments of the experiences and effectiveness of teleneurology encounters. After completing an audio-video telehealth visit with verbally consenting patients, neurologists recorded their evaluations of the encounter. Data were analyzed using standard quantitative and qualitative techniques.