New Large-Scale Study Will Look at How Nutrition Can Help Keep Patients from Returning to the Hospital

Advocate Health Care and Abbott Will Conduct Study on 3,000 Adult Patients to Quantify the Effectiveness of Nutrition Care in Hospital SettingsAt a time when hospitals are under increasing pressure to improve patient outcomes, Advocate Health Care -- one of the nation’s leading health systems -- is embarking on a major research program with Abbott to demonstrate how nutrition protocols can reduce both patients' readmission rates and costs in the hospital, a goal for all U.S. hospitals.  The program is a collaboration between Advocate Health Care, Russell Institute for Research &