High Acuity Readmission Risk Pediatric Screen (HARRPS) Tool
What is the HARRPS Tool©?
The HARRPS Tool© is a collection of questions that calculates an overall readmission risk score for a pediatric patient. The score is then associated with a risk category of low, moderate, or high risk. The evidence-based tool has undergone research providing credibility to the tool’s predictive power in identifying readmission risk for the pediatric population.
Why focus on Readmissions?
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Patient and family satisfaction related to keeping kids at home instead of in the hospital.
Contact Us
For general questions, please email HARRPS@cmh.edu.
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Preventable pediatric readmissions had a nationwide annual cost of $1.5 billion in 2015.
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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Pediatric Quality Measures Program consider readmissions as a quality indicator for hospitals.
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Solutions for Patient Safety tracks readmissions as a pediatric Hospital Acquired Condition (HAC).
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American Case Management Association’s standard of practice for case/care managers is to screen patients for risk.
Presentations & Publications
Bradshaw S, Buenning B, Powell A, Teasley S, Olney A, Lee B. Retrospective Chart Review: Readmission Prediction Ability of the High Acuity Readmission Risk Pediatric Screen (HARRPS) Tool J Pediatr Nurs. 2020;51:49-56.
Bradshaw S, Buenning B, Chesnut S, Wichman L, Lee B, Olney A. A validation study of the high acuity readmission risk pediatric screen (HARRPS) tool©: Predicting readmission risk within the pediatric population. J Pediatr Nurs. 2023;72:e139-e144.
To view other historical publications, presentations and other works related to the HARRPS Tool©, visit our HARRPS Tool© page on the SHARE@Children's Mercy website.
Resources
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality – Hospital Readmission
American Case Management Association – Scope of Practice
National Institute of Health – Pediatric Readmissions as a Quality Indicator