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	"More than 3 million Medicare beneficiaries annually received home health services at their residences under the Medicare home health benefit." Excerpted from: Readmissions News, Volume 6, Number 5, May 2017, "Paid and Unpaid Informal Caregiving in Preventing Readmissions: Example of Medicare Home Health Beneficiaries" by Hsueh-Fen Chen, Ph.D.
	Warm weather increases the incidence of serious surgical site infections Science Daily, May 16, 2017
	30-day readmissions lower at high-volume TAVR centers Healio, May 11, 2017
	Cost Containment Corner - Redesigning care for at-risk patients HealthCareBusiness, May 10, 2017
	Obesity Increases Risk of Negative Hospital Outcomes Except Mortality AJMC, May 9, 2017
	Homegrown EHR software alerts doctors to readmissions Fierce Healthcare, May 9, 2017
	Despite cutting readmissions, HRRP penalties hit some hospitals more Healthcare Finance, May 3, 2017
	Study: Lower readmission rates don't correlate with improved outcomes Fierce Healthcare, April 28, 3017
	America's Nurses: Cutting through red tape to solve the home health riddle The Hill, May 12, 2017 Unlocking the Key to Readmissions Reduction Success Healthcare Informatics Blog, April 24, 2017
	Readmission Related to Heart Failure by Byomesh Tripathi, MD; Shilpkumar Arora, MD, MPH; Sopan Lahewala Going Beyond Medication Reconciliation: How Pharmacists Can Prevent Readmissions Through Comprehensive Medication Management by Danielle Colayco, Kevin Komoto, Weiyi Ni, and Jonathan Hashimoto Paid and Unpaid Informal Caregiving in Preventing Readmissions: Example of Medicare Home Health Beneficiaries by Hsueh-Fen Chen, Ph.D. Thought Leaders' Corner: How should the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program take into account Dual-Eligibles? Industry News with briefs regarding the Visiting Nurses Association, Philips and Surescripts. Catching up with... Sandy Smith Click here to view page one of this issue Click here to subscribe to Readmissions News, or find out more
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