Loyola University Health System researchers have come up with strategies for reducing the so-called "weekend effect."
Their study focused
on factors that reduced the length of hospital stay, which affects
outcomes, following urgent surgeries performed on weekends.
The researchers found that having electronic health record systems,
inpatient physical rehab and more nurses per patient helped reduce the
length of stay.
Robust wound and pain management programs and home healthcare also
played a part, according to an article in PM 360.
Home health programs and full EHR adoption are the key factors, according to an opinion piece in Becker's Infection
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