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The Massachusetts Hospital Association (MHA) created the Accountable Care Compass Awards to highl...
To help reduce 30-day readmission rates, South Nassau Communities Hospital implemented “Right Car...
Cortland Regional Medical Center’s Transitional Care Program is working to reduce 30-day readmiss...
MedEx Bedside Prescription Delivery is the very first bedside medication delivery service for hos...
The Reducing Readmissions: Making Data Real project decreased acute rehospitalization rates by al...
High rates of hospital readmissions in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)...
For several years, the hospital has been focused on reducing 30-day readmissions. After learning ...
Readmissions are a burden for patients, families and health care providers. HSHS St. Joseph's Hos...
This academic medical center developed and implemented a program to improve outcomes and reduce r...
Hallmark Health System, Inc., is participating in the Community-based Care Transitions Program (C...
This health care system's unique post-acute care (PAC) continuum of Inpatient Rehabilitation Faci...
Hospital readmissions are costly for both patients and facilities. At the time of discharge, pati...
The project catalyst noted inconsistencies in providing diagnosis-related, evidence-based interve...
The hospital started working on Project Re-engineered Discharge (Project RED) in 2011. A patient ...
...and therefore decrease the hospital’s financial risk as part of health care reform, increase c...
A patient's home environment or lack of support system can have a negative impact on their health...
Phase I consisted of developing and implementing protocols for cases presenting to the emergency ...
The all-cause, 30-day readmission rates for the hospital are higher than both the state and natio...
To align the hospital ministry with the needs of the community and to reduce avoidable health car...
Based on the consultant’s recommendations, Lee Memorial’s (Fort Myers, Fla.) senior management de...
The project began with a focus on CHF readmissions. As the multidisciplinary team saw decreases i...
Garfield Medical Center, a 210-bed facility in Monterey, California, used best practices and peer...
Presence St. Mary’s Hospital, Kankakee, Ill., improved readmission rates for heart failure patien...
A gap analysis was conducted. Key themes emerged in this analysis such as inadequate preparation ...
The Collaborative on Reducing Hospital Readmissions GoalUnderstand readmission causes and adopt ...
Good Samaritan Regional Health Center’s medical unit required four hours, 18 minutes to discharge...
Griffin HospitalDerby, CT160 Beds Griffin Hospital is the flagship hospital for Planetree, Inc.,...
A Medicare Payment Advisory Commission report to Congress highlighted the financial enormity of t...
Ellis Medicine started this project in April 2010 to reduce readmissions, as readmissions are cli...
Stern Family Center for Extended Care and Rehabilitation tracked hospital readmissions and found ...
St. Vincent's Hospital Westchester, division of Saint Joseph's Medical Center began this initiati...
