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	"Hospitals can influence but certainly not control re-admissions. They need to partner both with the discharging physician and the outpatient physician to make the appropriate clinical hand-offs and to accommodate an early ambulatory appointment. Additionally, aggressive outpatient management of emerging exacerbations as well as complications of the original reason for admission are required to effectively reduce admissions." Thomas R. Graf, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Population Health and Longitudinal Care Service Lines, Geisinger Health System
	"The majority of readmitted patients (78%) had a significant chronic condition, 21% of readmissions were planned and almost half (44%) were readmissions for the same disease process or a well-recognized disease manifestation." Excerpted from: Readmissions News, Volume 2, Number 1, January, 2013, Pediatric Readmissions: What We Know, What We Don’t Know, and What Children’s Hospitals May Be Accountable For Anyway
	After Hospital Discharge, Other Ills May Land Seniors Back in Again  U.S. News and World Report, January 9, 2013
	Hospital Nursing and 30-Day Readmissions Among Medicare Patients Medical Care, abstract only, January 2013
	Hospitals Still Don't Feel Readmission-Driven Pay Cuts MedPage Today, December 29, 2012
	Reduced Hospital Length of Stay and 30-Day Readmission Rate and Mortality Annals of Internal Medicine, abstract only, December 18, 2012
	Higher Readmissions at Safety-Net Hospitals, and Potential Policy Solutions ‎The Commonwealth Fund Connection, December 17, 2012
	Pediatric Readmissions: What We Know, What We Don’t Know, and What Children’s Hospitals May Be Accountable For Anyway by James C. Gay, MD, FAAP Hospital-Associated Disability and the ACE Unit by Edgar Pierluissi, MD The Editor’s Corner: Introducing Cary S. Sennett, MD, PhD A Readmissions Primer Thought Leader’s Corner: “What is the greatest challenge facing hospitals seeking to reduce unnecessary readmissions in 2013?” Industry News with briefs regarding Boston Medical Center; The American Journal of Managed Care; WellPoint; The Commonwealth Fund; International Journal of Medical Informatics; Medical Care; AHRQ; Annals of Internal Medicine; and New England Journal of Medicine Catching Up With…Bruce Spurlock, MD Click here to view page one of this issue Click here to subscribe to Readmissions News, or find out more
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