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JULY 22, 2019

Tool May Predict, Prevent Hospital Readmissions

By Brian Dunleavy

Health-system pharmacists generally know the value they bring in the form of medication reconciliation and education. However, what if there was a way to accurately identify those patients at increased risk for readmission due to medication errors and target them for a pharmacy-led intervention?

The 30-day readmission prediction models being used in many health systems—including LACE (an acronym describing length of stay, acute admission, Charlson Comorbidity Index score