Have there been any post-discharge followup studies to determine if improvement has been sustained and gains maintained?
Project RED has collected hospital readmission data up to 90 days post-discharge. These data will be analyzed in the near future in order to answer this question. However, it has been observed that the vast majority of the readmissions occurred within the first 30 days after discharge. Therefore, this is a specific area in which Project RED investigators are interested given that no further intervention is provided after the pharmacist phone call, which occurs two to four days post-discharge.
