Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Reducing Hospital Readmissions Becomes Holy Grail

Medicare Eyes Hospital Readmissions by Joanne Kenen.  Politico.  January 23, 2013.

By linking medical and social services, by coordinating doctors and specialists as well as hospitals and nursing homes, a major multicity Medicare quality initiative has reduced readmissions by nearly 6 percent as compared with benchmark communities.  Transition management is key to the success of this approach.  This research project is presented in the Journal of The American Medical Association.

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