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	"In well coordinated and connected physician organizations, the primary care provider with the support of other health care staff can act as a unifying hub or resource that identifies the ongoing medical, social, perhaps behavioral and spiritual needs to lead the coordination of care. This would require outreach, cross-continuum communication, monitoring and customized interventions that are supported by high-level information technology. A PCP with this type of support infrastructure and community relationships could be highly effective at reducing all types of avoidable admissions and readmissions." -Bruce Spurlock, Executive Director, Clinical Acceleration, Beacon, The Bay Area Patient Safety Collaborative; President and Chief Executive Officer, Convergence Health Consulting, Inc., Roseville, CA
	"Early follow-up with a patient's primary care provider (PCP) and/or medical specialist after hospital discharge has been shown to be effective in preventing 30-day readmissions in patients with chronic and acute medical conditions such as heart failure and pneumonia...Patients who went to see their PCP within the first couple weeks following discharge for a high-risk surgery such as open TAA repair were significantly less likely to require readmission." Excerpted from: Readmissions News, Volume 3, Number 9, September 2014, "Reducing Readmissions After Major Surgery: What can we learn from care coordination interventions designed for medical patients?" by Benjamin Brooke
	RightCare Partners with Emmi Solutions to Offer a Patient Engagement Tool Business Wire, September 9, 2014
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	Antibiotic stewardship programs reduce hospital readmissions due to infection News-Medical, September 8, 2014
	Intensive Interventions Reduce Readmissions Globally Medscape, September 8, 2014
	8 Cities With the Highest Hospital Readmission Rates Fierce Healthcare, September 5, 2014
	Creative Solutions for Slowing Hospital Readmissions Pharmacy Practice News, September 4, 2014
	The Latest on Medicaid Readmission Rates Healthcare Finance News, September 3, 2014
	Transition Care Coordinators Deliver Personalized Approach by Megan Hatch; Pamela Bruce, MSN, RN; Adrianna Mansolino, MPH; Sunil Kripalani, MD, MSc, SFHM Reducing Readmissions After Major Surgery: What can we learn from care coordination interventions designed for medical patients? by Benjamin Brooke Readmission Prevention: A 3 Year Progress Report and Basic Steps Hospitals Should Already be Taking by Josh Luke Ph.D., FACHE Thought Leader's Corner: "What role can primary care providers play in reducing readmissions?" Industry News with briefs regarding the National Readmission Prevention Collaborative. Catching up with ... Jeremy Nobel, MD, MPH Click here to view page one of this issue Click here to subscribe to Readmissions News, or find out more
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