Reducing postoperative complications could reduce costs associated with readmissions by millions ...

November 8th, 2011
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The current understanding of what drives readmission focuses on the quality of the inpatient disc...

October 26th, 2011
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"App" and "austerity" were among the 2010 "words of the year" named by a dialect society and dict...

October 24th, 2011
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The SUNY Downsstate Medical Center kidney transplant team identified an increase in the differenc...

October 9th, 2011
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Educating staff. Connecting patients to primary care physicians upon discharge. Identifying patie...

October 3rd, 2011
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Poor planning. High costs. These issues helped prompt Saint Joseph-London in London, Ky., to impr...

July 11th, 2011
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Results from the 2010 survey about readmission activities are presented

June 1st, 2011
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In late 2010, NAPH administered an online survey to quality directors (or their designee) at 101 ...

June 1st, 2011
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Salt and a jar of pickles: That's what one HealthEast (St. Paul, Minn.) transition coach found in...

April 11th, 2011
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The guide is based on the learning that emerged from a multi-year pilot project that aimed to red...

January 1st, 2011
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Alegent Health, a 10-hospital system based in Nebraska and Southwestern Iowa, wanted an electroni...

September 13th, 2010
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Presented by Eric A. Coleman, MD,  this webinar addressed proposed changes in how hospitals are r...

April 20th, 2010
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At Columbia St. Mary's Hospital, Milwaukee, discharge planning truly begins at admission. Care te...

April 19th, 2010
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Reducing patient readmissions is both a critical patient safety need and a growing financial conc...

April 5th, 2010
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Aesop?s fable "The Bundle of Sticks" teaches a lesson in working together: "Union gives strength....

February 8th, 2010
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The guide is designed to serve as a quick, simple resource by outlining four steps: Examine yo...

January 1st, 2010
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The Problem Almost 20 percent of Medicare beneficiaries are readmitted to the hospital within 30...

August 1st, 2009
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Reducing rates of rehospitalization has attracted attention from policymakers as a way to improve...

April 2nd, 2009
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In order to significantly impact the patients with HF and reduce their readmission rates at Prove...

January 19th, 2009
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