Matthew D. McHugh
Office Address:
379 Fagin Hall
215-746-0205
News
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Matthew McHugh is mentioned in a new Penn Nursing article about Racial Disparities in Postoperative Readmission.
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Matthew McHugh has found in a new study that patients who undergo elective hip and knee surgery in hospitals with inadequate nurse staffing and poor nurse work environments, are more likely to require re-hospitalization.
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A new study by Linda Aiken, Jeffrey Silber and Matthew McHugh has shown that post-surgery outcomes are better at Magnet hospitals with high nursing ratings, and that is achieved with the same or lower costs than at other hospitals.
Associate Director of the Center for Health Policy Outcomes
The Rosemarie Greco Term Endowed Associate Professorship in Advocacy
Professor of Nursing
The Rosemarie Greco Term Endowed Associate Professorship in Advocacy
Professor of Nursing
J.D., Northeastern University School of Law, 2006
Ph.D., Nursing, University of Pennsylvania, 2004
Recent Publications
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"Utilizing Home Healthcare Electronic Health Records for Telehomecare Patients With Heart Failure: A Decision Tree Approach to Detect Associations With Rehospitalizations." Computers, Informatics, Nursing 34 (2016): 175-182. PMCID: PMC4950866 AbstractExport:
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"Magnet(R) Hospital Recognition Linked to Lower Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infection Rates." Research in Nursing & Health 39 (2016): 96-104. PMCID: PMC4806525 AbstractExport:
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"Nurse staffing and the work environment linked to readmissions among older adults following elective total hip and knee replacement." International Journal for Quality in Health Care 28 (2016): 253-258. PMCID: PMC4833205 AbstractExport:
Contact
239 McNeil Building
3718 Locust Walk
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6298
3718 Locust Walk
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6298
Tel: 215-898-6441
Fax: 215-898-2124
Fax: 215-898-2124
