Widely used software doesn't note differences in care quality among hospital readmissions

The 3M software program, increasingly used to make payments to US hospitals based on readmission rates, doesn't clearly distinguish differences in care quality -- one of the key factors involved in readmission -- between readmissions that are preventable and those that aren't, suggests new research.

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