Healthcare IT News December 2, 2024
Bill Siwicki

The University of Oklahoma College of Medicine did a controlled test and showed the odds of infection-related readmissions were decreased in the RTM group by 76% at 30 days, 80% at 60 days and 68% at 90 days.

Over the past decade, the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine has seen an increase in the number of highly complex infections. That’s related to a few different factors.

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First, the population of the Sooner State has been trending less healthy in general. Second, surgeons at the Oklahoma City-based medical school are performing more complex surgeries. And third, there has been a huge increase in immunosuppressive therapeutics for cancers and rheumatological and autoimmune diseases, all of which increase the...

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