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PA Home Visits After Heart Surgery

Two home visits by a physician assistant (PA) during the week after discharge reduces the chance that a heart surgery patient will be readmitted, according to a scientific presentation by John P. Nabagiez, MD at the 52nd Annual Meeting of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons.

RTS Labs: 3 Ways Mobile App Technology Can Reduce Readmissions

1. Apps that improve the patient-physician communication process
2. Apps that improve medication instructions
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Source: RTS Labs, January 28, 2016
Source URL: http://rtslabs.com/3-ways-mobile-app-technology-can-reduce-patient-readmissions/

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Community Collaboration: The Catalyst for Readmission Reduction by Howard Pitluk, MD, MPH, FACS; Mary Ellen Dalton, PhD, MBA, RN; Joseph Marc A. de Veyra, MSN, RN, PHN, PCCN, CNLA
Readmissions Editorial by Ettore Palazzo, MD, Director of the Readmissions Reduction Program at EvergreenHealth: A Response to The Wall Street Journal
A Roadmap Preventing Readmissions in the Emergency Department by Josh Luke
Thought Leaders' Corner: What impact can Remote Patient Monitoring have on reducing preventable readmissions?
Industry News with briefs regarding SyTrue and HighFive, CareCentrix and athenahealth, Proxsys Rx, TeleHealth Services and UbiCare, Sound Physicians, mPulse Mobile, Patient Home Monitoring, UPMC and Health Catalyst, and Ontario.
Catching up with ... Howard Pitluk and Joseph de Veyra
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