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	"Any time frame for reporting readmission rates is an arbitrary proxy for many different kinds of system failures as well as unpredictable or inevitable changes in a patient's condition. From the patient and family caregiver perspective, an unplanned readmission at 31 days is just as traumatic as at 29 days. Other points in the post-discharge trajectory are often more meaningful markers to them. For example, patients and family caregivers generally find the first 7-10 days after discharge the most difficult because they have been poorly prepared, especially to coordinate care and manage complex medication regimens at home. Many readmissions (and the ED visits that often precede them) could be prevented by involving community physicians in the hospital's discharge care plan. Family caregivers, thrust into unfamiliar and demanding responsibilities, must be better trained and supported. Because readmission time frames, whatever their duration, do not capture these important real-life aspects of care, they must be supplemented by other indices that are better markers of patient safety and quality care." Carol Levine, Director, Families and Health Care Project, United Hospital Fund
	"...the daily rate of readmission on day 30 after hospitalization for heart failure is 0.7%. To provide perspective, that rate is 13 times higher than the daily rate of hospitalization in a general elderly population." Excerpted from: Readmissions News, Volume 3, Number 7, July 2014, "Understanding Patient Vulnerability After Hospitalization" by Kumar Dharmarajan
	NY Hospitals Collaborate to Redesign Healthcare Delivery, Reduce Readmissions FierceHealthcare, July 8, 2014
	Managing, Reducing Patient Rebounds Starts With Data Healthcare Exchange, July 7, 2014
	Trends in New South Wales Infant Hospital Readmission Rates in the First Year of Life The Medical Journal of Australia, July 4, 2014
	How effective can remote monitoring be at reducing readmissions? Government Health IT, July 2, 2014
	Four Ways Hospitals Can Reduce Patient Readmissions Gallup Business Journal, July 2, 2014
	Affordable Care Act Compliance Spurs Sales of MedScope's New mPERS Systems Medscope Press Release, July 1, 2014
	Connecting with Post-Acute Care to Reduce Hospital Readmissions Beckers Hospital Review, July 1, 2014
	Los Alamitos Medical Center Preventing Readmissions Collaborative by Courtney Downey Do You See What I See? Getting The Patient's Perspective To Reduce Hospital Readmissions by Aaron Leppin Understanding Patient Vulnerability After Hospitalization by Kumar Dharmarajan Thought Leader's Corner: "Is 30-days the best timeframe by which to measure readmissions?" Industry News with briefs regarding AllazoHealth, ASQ Survey, Aetna, iGetBetter, and Alana Healthcare. Catching up with ... Josh Luke, PhD, FACHE Click here to view page one of this issue Click here to subscribe to Readmissions News, or find out more
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