Predicting 30-Day Readmissions: Evidence From a Small Rural Psychiatric Hospital.

To improve quality of care and patient outcomes, and to reduce costs, hospitals in the United States are trying to mitigate readmissions that are potentially avoidable. By identifying high-risk patients, hospitals may be able to proactively adapt treatment and discharge planning to reduce the likelihood of readmission. Our objective in this study was to derive and validate a predictive model of 30-day readmissions for a small rural psychiatric hospital in the northeast.

Effect of ototopical medications on tympanostomy tube biofilms.

Objective: Examine how ototopical medications affect biofilms on fluoroplastic tympanostomy tubes.

Study Design: In vitro comparison of different ototopical medications against a clinical isolate of Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm on tympanostomy tubes treated for 5, 10, 14, and 21 days.

Methods: Under sterile conditions 21 tympanostomy tubes were cut in half.