Care Transitions in the News
- AF4Q PD Outlook, Aligning Forces for Quality
- Hospitals try to reduce high rate of returns, Las Vegas Review-Journal
- 'Communities of Care' model saves Connecticut $5 million in hospital costs, The Middletown Press
- 'Stepping Stones' pilot helps to reduce avoidable readmissions to hospital in Whatcom County, The Bellingham Herald
- 5 steps to take before you leave the hospital, The Seattle Times
- Why The Hospital Wants The Pharmacist To Be Your Coach, National Public Radio
- Reform takes aim at readmissions, Memphis Business Journal
- The patient boomerang: Cutting hospital readmissions could save Medicare billions, The Seattle Times
- JAMA: 6% Fewer Readmissions In Areas With QIO Initiatives, InsideHealthPolicy.com
- Birmingham nonprofit, Tuscaloosa hospital team up to reduce hospital admissions and re-admissions, al.com
- 4 Strategies Toward a Community-Based Approach to Improving Care Transitions, Healthcare IT Connect
- SCOTUS rules in favor of HHS limitations on reimbursement appeals, Healthcare Finance News
- New study shows QIOs can decrease re-hospitalization rates, Healthcare Finance News
- Combating hospital readmissions: better communication, follow-up, Omaha World-Herald
- CAPITAL REGION: Fewer hospital readmissions cited for area in JAMA article, The Daily Gazette
- How Teamwork Across the Health System Can Keep Seniors Out of the Hospital, Forbes
- 20 Statistics on Hospital Readmissions, Becker's Hospital Review
- Medicare eyes hospital readmissions, POLITICO
- ER Visits Common After Hospital Stay, MedPage Today
- Big Hospitals to be Biggest Losers of Federal $$, MedPage Today
- Poor U.S. hospitals likeliest to pay readmission fine, Reuters
- Medicare Cuts for Readmissions to Target Large Hospitals, Bloomberg
- Improving nurses' work environments could lead to lower readmissions, Healthcare Finance News
- Interventions for reducing readmissions -- are we barking up the right tree?, 7th Space
- Kids' Hospital Readmissions Vary Widely, MedPage Today
- Readmission Penalty Hits Safety Net, Teaching Hospitals Hard, Medscape
- Readmissions Frequent in Month After Hospital Discharge, ScienceDaily
- Many Patients Back In Hospital Within A Month, Medical News Today
- Atlanta Medicare program seeks savings from hospital readmissions, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
- Return Patients Vex Hospitals, The Wall Street Journal
- JAMA Study Shows Improved Hospital Admission and Readmission Rates Associated with Qualis Health-Initiated Project in Washington State, seattlepi.com
- Report: CMS Community Initiatives Could Reduce Health Costs, Kaiser Health News
- Avoiding Preventable Hospital Readmissions by Filling in Gaps in Care: The Community-Based Care Transitions Program, The Commonwealth Fund
- Groundbreaking Project Shows Drop in Hospitalizations and Rehospitalizations among Medicare Beneficiaries, Business Wire
- Care Transition Initiative Decreases Rehospitalizations, DoctorsLounge
- Study finds 'transition care' can save Medicare millions, denverpost.com
- Keeping Medicare patients home, Bankrate.com
- Study: Medicare Readmissions Decreased More in Areas With Quality Improvement Initiatives, BeckersHospitalReview.com
- State quality projects curbed readmissions: study, ModernHealthcare.com
- In New JAMA Study, New York Hospitals Show Reduced Readmission Rates, The Sacramento Bee
- The Community Based Care Transitions Program (CCTP) has announced the first and second set of partners for the program. Visit the CCTP webpage for more information and the Innovation Center webpage for the list of partners.
- The Care Transitions Intervention: Translating from Efficacy to Effectiveness. By Rachel Voss, MPH; Rebekah Gardner, MD; Rosa Baier, MPH; Kristen Butterfield, MPH; Susan Lehrman, MPH, PhD; Stefan Gravenstein, MD, MPH
- Understanding Care Transitions as a Patient Safety Issue from Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare, May/June 2011. By Sara Butterfield RN, BSN, CPHQ, CCM; Christine Stegel, RN, MS, CPHQ; Shelly Glock, LNHA, MBA; and Dennis Tartaglia, MA.
- All Aboard: Hospitalists should jump on transitions-of-care train now to help solve rehospitalization problems.
- Ramping Up For Higher Acuity; Nursing Facilities Respond to the Need for Reducing Hospitalizations.
Care Transitions in the Remington Report
- November/December 2011:
Standardizing The Hospital Discharge Process For Patients With Heart Failure To Improve The Transition And Lower 30 Day Readmissions - July/August 2011:
A QIO-Renal Network Collaboration Experience: Addressing Care Transitions - July/August 2011:
Evaluation Of Medication Coaching To Reduce Hospital Re-Admissions In An Indiana Care Transitions Project - July/August 2011:
Mobilizing Community Volunteers To Improve Care Transitions: Lessons Learned From Stepping Stones - May/June 2011:
Improving Care Transitions and reducing Acute Care Hospitalizations. New Jersey Care Transitions Project Home Health Experience. - May/June 2011:
Stop & Watch Tool Reduces Avoidable Hospital Readmissions. - March/April 2011:
Transforming Transitions From Patient Interventions To Systems Change, Quality Partners Of Rhode Island’s Safe Transitions Project - Jan/Feb 2011:
CareTrek™: Reducing Readmissions Through Cross-Setting Work Groups - Nov/Dec 2010:
Connected For Health: A Community-Based Care Transitions Project, Colorado QIO - Sept/Oct 2010:
Sustaining Provider Engagement In Care Transitions: Community Collaborative Action, Florida QIO - July/Aug 2010:
CMS-Funded Care Transitions Health Care Quality Improvement Project Cuts Hospital Readmission Rate in Coached Population, Louisiana QIO - May/June 2010:
Improving Outcomes through Re-engineered Care Transitions- New York QIO - Jan/Feb 2010:
Improving Care Transitions And Reducing Hospital Readmissions: Establishing The Evidence For Community-Based Implementation Strategies Through The Care Transitions Theme