Complimentary from the publishers of Readmissions News               April 2017
	"As hospital readmissions strain healthcare systems, pharmacies are rethinking the role they play in the connected healthcare workflow. Hospitals want to enable pharmacists to provide more informed counseling, while leveraging the pharmacy as a channel to encourage patients to be more proactive in their health. An important, but often overlooked, step in preventing readmissions exists at the pharmacy. Studies show that problems with medication—patient non adherence, adverse drug events, unintentional overdoses, and missing information—account for a substantial portion of readmissions. One study in particular found that patients with medication discrepancies had a 30-day hospital readmission rate of 14.3 percent, compared with 6.1 percent for patients without a discrepancy." -Jeffrey Morris, PhD, PharmD, Clinical Pharmacist, Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare, Associate Professor, Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, FL
	"It has been estimated that the number of colectomies will increase from 369,000 in 2011 to 505,000 in 2021." Excerpted from: Readmissions News, Volume 6, Number 4, April 2017, "Young or Old: Laparoscopic Colectomy Leads to Lower Readmissions Rates" by Hemalkumar B. Mehta, PhD and Anthony J. Senagore, MD, MS, MBA
	'Vertical integration' of healthcare leads to fewer hospital readmissions News Medical, April 13, 2017
	EliteHealth Patient Wellness Program Cuts Re-Admissions Rate Home Health Care News, April 13, 2017
	Voluntary value-based reforms help reduce hospital readmissions HealthData Management, April 12, 2017
	Readmission Common for HF Patients Discharged to Skilled Nursing Facilities Medscape, April 11, 2017
	Family Caregiver Engagement Cuts Hospital Readmissions by 25% Patient Engagement HIT, April 7, 2017
	Community Pharmacists Can Reduce Hospital Readmission Rates Pharmacy Times, April 6, 2017
	COPD Hospital Readmission Rates Linked to Readmission for Other Diseases Renal & COPD News Today, April 4, 2017
	Discharge with Dignity: Hospital Case Managers Must Transform as the Hospital Transitions to the Role of Payer by Josh Luke, Ph.D. Young or Old: Laparoscopic Colectomy Leads to Lower Readmissions Rates by Hemalkumar B. Mehta, PhD and Anthony J. Senagore, MD, MS, MBA Creating an Effective Patient Centered Discharge Plan to Reduce Readmissions and Enhance the Patient Experience by Shawn L. Roberts, Ysp, BA Thought Leaders' Corner: What changes, if any, could be adopted to improve the Hospital Medicare Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP)? Industry News with briefs regarding the University of Pittsburgh Health Policy Institute, NOVA National School of Public Health, Kenosha VNA, Elite Health, Sun Health, and BayCare. Catching up with... Jeffrey Morris, PhD, PharmD Click here to view page one of this issue Click here to subscribe to Readmissions News, or find out more
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