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Complimentary from the publishers of Readmissions News June 2019

"Cost estimates of low health literacy to the U.S. economy is between $106 billion to $238 billion annually. This represents between 7 percent and 17 percent of all personal healthcare expenditures. New estimates from Accenture puts the costs of low health literacy for insurers and employers at more than $26 more in administrative fees per consumer or $4.8 billion annually.”
- Aileen Kantor, Founder, Health Literacy Innovations, Washington, DC.

Ohio Living Home Health and Hospice has achieved a 7.5% all-cause hospital readmission rate using remote patient monitoring and telehealth software from Health Recovery Solutions (HRS). In the first quarter of 2019, Ohio Living's all-cause readmission rate of 7.5% was nearly half of Ohio's Medicare average of 14.9%...Additionally, 80% of patients enrolled would recommend the telehealth program to a family member or friend, and over 75% of patients enrolled agree the program has enabled them to be more involved in their care.

Excerpted from: Readmissions News, Volume 8, Number 6, June 2019, Industry News: "Ohio Living Telehealth Program Achieves 7.5% Hospital Readmission Rate."

Managing your Post Acute SNF Network: How to successfully reduce readmissions by 50 percent

Scott Rifkin, M.D. and Phyllis Wojtusik, RN explain how two large hospitals systems managed to decrease their readmissions by over 50% from nursing homes, and also to reduce the cost to their ACOs by as much as 50% from the nursing homes.

Senior Fall Injuries and 30-Day Readmissions: 7 Takaways from JAMA Network Open study

1. Readmission rate from all index admissions: 14.4%
2. Readmission rate for those with a previous fall: 12.9%
3. Readmission rate for patients with cognitive impairment: 16.0%
4. Share of index admissions for fall-related injuries who also had cognitive impairment: 27%
5. Readmission diagnoses for fall-related injuries: 5.1%
6. Fall-related injury readmissions within the novel acute geriatric cohorts with a fall-related injury at index admission: 10.3%
7. Fall-related injury readmissions within the novel acute geriatric cohorts with cognitive impairment at index admission: 7.0% %

Note: Cohort study using Hospital Cost and Utilization Project data from 8.3 million Medicare beneficiaries. Authors: Geoffrey J. Hoffman, PhD; Haiyin Liu, MA; Neil B. Alexander, MD; et al

Source: JAMA Network Open, May 24, 2019."

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Using Care Coordination Technology to Monitor High Utilizers and Reduce Readmissions

Thought Leaders' Corner: "How can data gathered from remote patient monitoring be used to help prevent readmissions?"

Industry News with briefs regarding NVNA and Hospice, Ohio Living Home Health and Hospice, ConcertoHealth, Community VNA, Vivify Health, Innovaccer, Delta County Memorial Hospital, Synzi, and MobileSmith Health.

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