An electronic frailty index, derived from electronic health record (EHR) data including diagnostic codes, identified patients who had a higher risk for mortality, acute care visits, and readmissions.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . According to study results, the mortality frailty index correlated with 30-day morbidity and mortality in ...

The Five-item Frailty Index (5i-FI) is a tool used by physicians to predict surgical risk and postoperative complications after a procedure. Researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital, a founding ...

The laboratory-based Frailty Index showed strong predictive ability for mortality and relapse in patients with carbapenemase-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae bloodstream infections. “Unlike traditional ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A deficit-accumulation frailty index that accounts for aging-associated diseases and disabilities appeared ...

Investigators at Mass General Brigham have developed a tool that can identify older adults at increased risk of emergency healthcare needs, rehospitalization or death. The tool measured patient ...

Frailty assessed with a comorbidity-based risk-stratification tool correlates with long-term risks of mortality and geriatric symptoms following TAVI, according to new data. Compared with patients ...

Researchers at a Scottish university have discovered a measure used to assess the health of older people can improve quality of life for younger patients. Frailty is a condition usually recognised in ...

(HealthDay)—A claims-based frailty index can improve current Medicare cost prediction for patients with different levels of frailty, according to a study published online April 7 in the Annals of ...

An international collaboration of researchers have successfully adapted a Japanese oral health screening tool for use among ...