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JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Effect of a postdischarge virtual ward on readmission or death for high-risk patients: a randomized clinical trial.
Hospital readmissions are common and costly, and no single intervention or bundle of interventions has reliably reduced readmissions. Virtual wards, which use elements of hospital care in the community, have the potential to reduce readmissions, but have not yet been rigorously evaluated. ⋯ In a diverse group of high-risk patients being discharged from the hospital, we found no statistically significant effect of a virtual ward model of care on readmissions or death at either 30 days or 90 days, 6 months, or 1 year after hospital discharge.