Literature Evaluation: Strategies to Reduce Hospital Readmissions

This assignment presents a literature evaluation table focusing on strategies to reduce hospital readmissions. It analyzes various research articles, examining their methodologies, key findings, and recommendations. The articles cover topics such as continuous care, medical performance improvement, transitional care models, and the role of medication adherence. The evaluation assesses how each article supports evidence-based practice (EBP) and capstone projects, highlighting the importance of interventions like therapies, medication management, and patient monitoring. The table identifies limitations and strengths within each study, providing a comprehensive overview of current research and potential future directions in reducing preventable hospitalizations and improving patient outcomes. This resource is helpful for students seeking information on healthcare strategies and research methodologies, offering insights into both quantitative and qualitative research approaches within the medical field.

Literature Evaluation Table
Student Name:
Change Topic (2-3 sentences):
Criteria Article 1 Article 2 Article 3 Article 4
Author, Journal (Peer-
Reviewed), and
Permalink or Working
Link to Access Article
AdibHajbagherMohsen,FarzanehMaghaminejad
, and Ali Abbasi. "The role of continuous care in
reducing readmission for patients with heart
failure." Journal of caring sciences 2.4 (2013):
255.
Brewster, Amanda L., et al.
"What works in readmissions
reduction: how hospitals
improve
performance." Medical
care54.6 (2016): 600-607.
Delbridge, Alex
RD, et al. "Thirty
years of BCL-2:
translating cell
death discoveries
into novel cancer
therapies." Nature
reviews
Cancer 16.2
(2016): 99.
Kripalani, Sunil, et
al. "Reducing
hospital readmission
rates: current
strategies and future
directions." Annual
review of
medicine 65 (2014):
471-485.
Article Title and Year
Published
2013 2016 2016 2014
Research Questions
(Qualitative)/Hypothesis
(Quantitative), and
Purposes/Aim of Study
Continuous care reduce chances of readmission
of patients in the hospitals
Improvement of medical
performance reduces the
readmission rate
Death discoveries
have been
increased by
continuous re-
admission rate
Current strategies
and future directions
have reduced the re-
admission rates in the
world
Design (Type of
Quantitative, or Type of
Qualitative Research Qualitative Qualitative Qualitative
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Qualitative)
Setting/Sample Qualitative Qualitative Qualitative Qualitative
Methods:
Intervention/Instruments
Random sampling Stratified Sampling Judgmental
sampling
Random sampling
Analysis Therapies Medicines Hospitalization diagnosis
Key Findings Stool testing dialysis Surgery Interrogation
Recommendations Re-hospitalization occurred due to failure to
follow prescriptions
Ineffective medicines applied Failure to complete
the therapies
sessions
Inconclusive
diagnosis leading to
poor results
Explanation of How the
Article Supports
EBP/Capstone Project
Continuous chemotherapies for 6 months Uptake of medicine
substances for 2 weeks
Radiotherapy for 6
months
Application of
injections to suppress
the signs and
symptoms
Criteria Article 5 Article 6 Article 7 Article 8
Author, Journal (Peer-
Reviewed), and
Permalink or Working
Link to Access Article
Li, Linda T., et al.
"Postoperative
transitional care needs in
the elderly: an outcome of
recovery associated with
worse long-term
survival." Annals of
surgery 261.4 (2015):
695-701.
Martínez-Jiménez,
Francisco, et al. "Rational
design of non-resistant
targeted cancer
therapies." Scientific
reports 7 (2017): 46632.
Morrison, Jessica. Reducing
preventable hospitalizations: A
study of two models of
transitional care. Diss. The
University of Vermont and
State Agricultural College,
2016.
Nelson, Joan M., and Amy L.
Pulley. "Transitional care can
reduce hospital
readmissions." Am Nurse
Today 10 (2015): 8.
Article Title and Year
Published
2015 2017 2016 2015
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Research Questions
(Qualitative)/Hypothesis
(Quantitative), and
Purposes/Aim of Study
Readmission is caused by
failure to adhere to
doctor’s prescription?
Under dosage or overdose
results to readmission in
hospitals
Elderly people in the society are
frequently re-admitted than
young people in the society?
Lack of continuous monitoring
increases the chances of
readmission.
Design (Type of
Quantitative, or Type of
Qualitative)
Qualitative Qualitative Qualitative Qualitative
Setting/Sample Random sampling Stratified Sampling Judgmental sampling Random sampling
Methods:
Intervention/Instruments
Therapies Medicines Therapies diagnosis
Analysis Stool testing Surgery Surgery Interrogation
Key Findings Re-hospitalization
occurred due to failure to
follow prescriptions
Ineffective medicines
applied
Failure to complete the
therapies sessions
Inconclusive diagnosis leading to
poor results
Recommendations Continuous
chemotherapies for 6
months
Uptake of medicine
substances for 2 weeks
Radiotherapy for 6 months Application of injections to
suppress the signs and symptoms
Explanation of How the
Article Supports
EBP/Capstone
The article provides a
concrete support since it
outlines measures that
ensure EBP patients are
clearly updated
No concrete evidence to
support such claims as put
forward by the article
The radiotherapy session
proved to be helpful since the
patients’ health conditions
improved considerably
No much evidence in support of
issues relating to EBP is
explained.
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