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	"Readmissions are more likely to occur if the patient has: chronic disease, low socio-economic status, no support system/caregiver, lack of access to care. The strategies/interventions required are the same, regardless of payor type: coordinate care, patient engagement, education, sufficient and suitable community and ex-hospital resources to recover/maintain health. The intensity of the interventions must increase as the amount of community resources needed increases and the coverage decreases.” Barbara Fuchs CPHQ FNAHQ, Director, Care Coordination, Mercy Suburban Hospital, Principal, EPiQ Services, LLC
	UCLA first began to address readmissions in early 2012, with the launch of the Health System-wide Readmission Reduction Initiative (RRI). From the outset, the goal of the RRI has been to eliminate every single preventable 30-day readmission. To achieve this goal, the Health System has employed a two-part strategy of 1) gaining a deep understanding the problem of readmissions for each Department and 2) designing and implementing targeted interventions based on this understanding....Overall at UCLA, 30-day readmissions have decreased from a 12.2% baseline rate to 11.4% in a post-intervention period. Excerpted from: Readmissions News, Volume 2, Number 6, June 2013, Reducing Readmissions at UCLA: A Collaborative Approach
	Preventing Hospital Readmissions Presents Financial Paradox HealthLeaders Media, June 10, 2013
	Faulty gauge? Readmissions are down, but observational-status patients are up Modern Healthcare, June 8, 2013
	Limits of Readmission Rates in Measuring Hospital Quality Suggest Need for Metrics The Commonwealth Fund, June 6, 2013
	To End Readmissions, Look to a Wired Community Robert Wood Johnson Foundation/Culture of Health Blog, May 30, 2013
	CMS: Hospital readmission rates decline in 2012
	AHA News, May 29, 2013
	Hospitals Thinking Beyond 30-Day Readmissions ‎HealthLeaders Media, May 29, 2013
	Frailty Framing Readmissions by Stephen J. Evans, MD and Margaret Sayers MS, GNP Reducing Readmissions at UCLA: A Collaborative Approach by Sarah Lonowski MBA and Nasim Afsar MD SFHM The Editor’s Corner: Richard Lopes, MD on Partnerships Meeting the Challenge of Extending a Hospital’s Care beyond Discharge by Christopher Ellis Thought Leader’s Corner: “How do readmission rates vary depending on an individual's type of coverage -- i.e., Medicare, Medicaid, commercial insurance, or uninsured? And if they do, how do the intervention strategies differ?” Industry News with briefs regarding Joint Commission Resources; Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology; Health Affairs; American College of Cardiology; Alliance to Advance Patient Nutrition; Scientific American; Annals of Family Medicine; UK Department of Health; and CMS Catching Up With… David Lindeman, PhD Click here to view page one of this issue Click here to subscribe to Readmissions News, or find out more
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