so they can collaborate to reduce hospital readmissions. To read the rest of this brief, see  ...

Jan 07,2015

so they can collaborate to reduce hospital readmissions. To read the rest of this brief, see  ...

Jan 07,2015

they can collaborate to reduce hospital readmissions.   To read the rest of this brief, see ...

Jul 15,2014

so they can collaborate to reduce hospital readmissions.   To read the rest of this ...

Jul 15,2014

Creating Regional Partnerships to Improve Care Transitions

so they can collaborate to achieve the shared goal of reducing hospital readmissions through ... population, with the goal of reducing hospital readmission.   To read more, see  Identifying and ... can gauge whether they are achieving their program goal of reducing hospital readmissions for Medicare ...

Jul 28,2014

Setting the Standard for Healthy Communities in Cincinnati

chronic conditions as a means to help reduce 30-day hospital readmissions.  The program takes place in ... initiative. The region has seen an overall decrease of 3.8 percent of Medicare Fee-for-Service readmissions ... readmissions. Cincinnati was ranked 73rd of the 100 best cities to live in the United States. The ranking was created based ...

Mar 14,2014

The Importance of Transitional Care In Achieving Health Reform

a decrease in hospital readmissions. Many of the successful interventions shared similar features, ... programs and services have been established to improve quality and reduce costs. Based on these findings, ...

Aug 18,2011

Improving Quality and Value through Summit

patient, and in the end, this concept can reduce preventable hospitalizations, hospital readmissions, and emergency room visits while improving health outcomes and reducing the cost of health care services." ...

Jan 18,2012

Humboldt County’s Care Transition Program Sees Results

webcast, has seen avoidable emergency department (ED) readmission rates drop since 2006. The Care Transition Program began with a goal of realizing a 20 percent decrease in readmission rates for heart ... the COPD goal by chopping the readmission rate to 8.3 percent and came close to the heart failure goal ...

Feb 21,2013

CHCS: Super-Utilizer Summit

quality and reduce health care costs, the “super-utilizer” model provides intensive outpatient ... coordinated care, which in turn reduces avoidable utilization, such as repeat emergency department (ED) visits and inpatient re-admissions. This summit brings together leaders from states and super-utilizer ...