Complimentary from the publishers of Readmissions News               May 2018
	"According to a recent survey by Amedisys, 73 percent of hospital executives said that a lack of preventative care and monitoring of patients with chronic conditions was the biggest cause of readmissions." Excerpted from: Readmissions News, Volume 7, Number 4, April 2018, "Using The Hospital Accreditation Process To Prevent Patient Readmissions," by Patrick Horine.
	Reducing Readmissions After Stroke With a NP/RN Transitional Stroke Program Stroke, abstract only, May 2018
	Reducing Readmissions Across all Payers HealthLeaders Media, April 26, 2018
	Can Measuring 'Patient Uncertainty' Reduce Readmissions? Healthcare Finance, April 25, 2018
	Causes & Patterns of 30-Day Readmission Among Older Adults With HF Journal of the American Heart Association, abstract only, April 23, 2018
	Identifying High Comorbidity Index in COPD Hospital Re-Admission Medical Research Archives, abstract only, April 17, 2018
	Comparison of Rates & Outcomes of Readmission After Major Cancer Surgery JAMA Surgery, abstract only, April 11, 2018
	Medication Management Reduces Dialysis Patient Hospital Readmissions PR Newswire, April 11, 2018
	Using Medicare to Pay Care Coordinators — And Reduce Readmissions Skilled Nursing News, April 10, 2018
	Review of the Role of the Pharmacist in Reducing Hospital Readmissions Journal of Pharmacy Practice, abstract only, April 4, 2018
	Medication reconciliation does not impact hospital readmissions Healio, April 4, 2018
	Medicare Program Associated With Narrowing Hospital Readmission Disparities Health Affairs, abstract only, April 2018
	The Continued Challenges of Readmissions Fresh Look blog/Annals of Internal Medicine, April 11, 2018 4 ways Cone Health avoided 2,000 COPD readmissions—and you can, too Care Transformation Center Blog/The Advisory Board, April 6, 2018
	Using The Hospital Accreditation Process To Prevent Patient Readmissions by Patrick Horine Readmissions Prevention Through a Post-Acute Network by Dr. Josh Luke, FACHE & Harry Nelson New CHRONIC Care Act Aligns with Medication Optimization Opportunity by Jon Easter Thought Leaders' Corner: "Has Medicare's "Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program" (HRRP) Been a Success So Far?" Industry News with briefs regarding PatientPing and the National Kidney Foundation. Catching up with... Dr. Julie Kennedy Oehlert, DNP  Click here to subscribe to Readmissions News, or find out more
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