Complimentary from the publishers of Readmissions News               September 2016
	"Patients hospitalized with Congestive Heart Failure have a high risk for readmission after discharge. Patients with a history of hospitalization as a result of Congestive Heart Failure, longer hospital stay, and a history of hypertension are at increased risk for readmission. All the data seems to suggest that socioeconomic factors, including poor follow-up visits, poor professional support, and no occupation, are also potentially important predictors. Therefore a systematic Congestive Heart Failure patient management system that coordinates care in the hospital, outpatient, and home settings is clearly needed to reduce the morbidity and mortality of patients with Congestive Heart Failure and thus lower the over-all costs for the treatment of these patients." -Dr. Albert C. Kandel, MD, FACP, FACC, FCCP, Director of Integrated Medicine, Memorial Hospital of Tampa,Tampa Bay, FL
	"Comparing data from the second quarter of 2013 to the second quarter of 2014, Medicaid as a percent of total charges grew by 4 percentage points in expansion-state hospitals compared with 0.5 points for those in non-expansion states." Excerpted from: Readmissions News, Volume 5, Number 9, September 2016, "Readmissions and Safety Net Hospitals: Striking A Policy Balance" by Evan Myers, MPH
	New Data: 49 States Plus DC Reduce Avoidable Hospital Readmissions CMS Blog, September 13, 2016
	Researchers Find Occupational Therapy Spending Reduces Hospital Readmissions AOTA, September 13, 2016
	Women Giving Birth in Rural Areas More Likely to be Readmitted to Hospital Houston Chronicle, September 13, 2016
	Can Clinical Pharmacists Help Cut Readmissions in Half? Hospitals & Health Networks, September 13, 2016
	Genesis, University Team Up to Reduce Hhospital Readmissions McKnight's News, September 11, 2016
	Poorly Managed Hospital Transitions Mean Higher Costs, Readmission Rates Healthcare Finance News, September 6, 2016
	Life and Death: Hopkins Team Finds Hospital Readmissions Sometimes Save Lives Johns Hopkins Medicine, September 1, 2016
	Can Patient Portals Reduce Readmission Risk? An exploratory study by Chenzhang Bao, Harpreet Singh, Indranil Bardhan, Bruce Meyer and Kirk Kirksey Patient-Generated Health Data: A Strategic Ingredient to Reducing Readmissions by Chris Edwards Readmissions and Safety Net Hospitals: Striking A Policy Balance by Evan Myers, MPH Thought Leaders' Corner: Describe the readmissions issues related to heart disease. Industry News with briefs regarding UNM Health System, Johns Hopkins University, ResMed, MedAxiom, Carilion Clinic, Cambridge Therapeutics, Care Innovations, Linde Healthcare, Wellspan Health, Ensocare, Compulink, JFCS, Research and Markets, CommonWell, and InTouch Health. Catching up with ... Donald H. Malcolm Click here to view page one of this issue Click here to subscribe to Readmissions News, or find out more
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