The facility partnered with local emergency medical services (EMS) providers to improve early rec...

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Reducing inpatient length of stay has a strong impact on value and organizational performance, an...

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In January 2015, Southern Illinois Healthcare, based in Carbondale, was awarded an 18-month USDA ...

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Funded by grants from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Resources and Serv...

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In 2015, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation funded HRET to strengthen care transitions by crea...

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The Illinois Health and Hospital Association's Institute for Innovations in Care and Quality, Qua...

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The Bridge Model improves transitions of care by utilizing master’s-educated social workers in a ...

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The concept of the Triple Aim is  widely used, partially because of IHI’s work with many organiza...

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Lake Placid and Tupper Lake, nursing homes that are part of Adirondack Health, Saranac Lake, N.Y....

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Emory HealthcareAtlanta, GA Emory Healthcare, a large academic teaching system, deployed a patie...

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At hospital shift changes, doctors and nurses exchange crucial information about the patients the...

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Many physicians are becoming employees of hospitals, medical groups or affiliate organizations. F...

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AbstractBackground: Handover practices at hospital discharge are relatively under-researched, par...

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Readmission rates to U.S. hospitals are high, often because of poor care transitions. Serious adv...

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How to solve the problem? Many practices have found the answer in the creation of high-functionin...

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Traditionally, primary care physicians maintain chief responsibility for treating their criticall...

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The goal of this initiative was to improve patient flow, outcomes, and experience, as well as com...

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The Joint Academy is a multidisciplinary team approach that begins in the community with orthoped...

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Failure or delays in filling prescriptions at the time of hospital discharge contributes to poor ...

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Summa Health SystemAkron, OH461 Beds The Problem Summa Health System serves a five county region...

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