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The Bronx has among the highest readmission rates in the country and is a particularly challenging setting to improve care due to the low socioeconomic status of the county and high rates of poor health behaviors among its residents. The study cohort included 2559 Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries associated with 14\u2009141 hospital admissions over the period January 2010 through June 2014. Linear regression models with beneficiary-level fixed-effects were used to estimate the impact of event notifications on readmissions by comparing the likelihood of rehospitalization for a beneficiary before and after event notifications were active.<\/jats:p><jats:p>Results: The unadjusted 30-day readmission rate when event notifications were not active was 29.5% compared to 26.5% when alerts were active. Regression estimates indicated that active hospitalization alert services were associated with a 2.9 percentage point reduction in the likelihood of readmission (95% confidence interval: \u22125.5, \u22120.4).<\/jats:p><jats:p>Conclusions: Alerting providers through event notifications may be an effective tool for improving the quality and efficiency of care among high-risk populations.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1093\/jamia\/ocw139","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2016,10,8]],"date-time":"2016-10-08T01:10:35Z","timestamp":1475889035000},"page":"e150-e156","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":29,"title":["Hospitalization event notifications and reductions in readmissions of Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries in the Bronx, New York"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"24","author":[{"given":"Mark Aaron","family":"Unruh","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Healthcare Policy and Research, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, 10065, USA"}]},{"given":"Hye-Young","family":"Jung","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Healthcare Policy and Research, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, 10065, USA"}]},{"given":"Rainu","family":"Kaushal","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Healthcare Policy and Research, Department of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, 10065, USA"}]},{"given":"Joshua R","family":"Vest","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Healthcare Policy & Management, Indiana University Richard M. 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