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	"Pharmacists can play a tremendous role in helping with reducing readmissions. Since 2013 many pharmacy departments in acute care hospitals have lead initiatives to directly impact readmissions in targeted disease states. Pharmacist-led interventions include helping assure certain core measures are met in specified disease states at discharge, comprehensive discharge counseling with individual patient tailored education materials, discharge medication reconciliation and post discharge telephone follow-ups. Pharmacists run ambulatory clinics in CHF, HTN, anticoagulation and DM designed to have intensive follow-up in the first 30 days post discharge and chronic management thereafter." -Dr. Dehuti Pandya, Clinical Pharmacist, TIRR Memorial Hermann Hospital, Houston, TX
	"In 2016, 2,665 hospitals will receive lower Medicare reimbursements as a result of a high readmissions rate within 30 days of discharge." Excerpted from: Readmissions News, Volume 4, Number 11, November 2015, "Lowering Readmissions Through Telehealth and Telemonitoring" by Christina Sinclair-Lewis, MD
	HRS and FirstHealth Team Up To Reinvent Telehealth and Reduce Readmissions Health Recovery Solutions Press Release, November 16, 2015
	Transitional Care Interventions Cut Readmission Risk in Congestive Heart Failure Annals of Family Medicine, November 16, 2015
	Hospital Readmissions Common Among Patients Who Had Emergency Surgery Fierce Healthcare, November 12, 2015
	Novartis Heart Failure Medicine Entresto™ Cuts 30-day Hospital Readmissions Novartis Press Release, November 10, 2015
	Home Health Nurses Use Portable Heart Monitors to Reduce Hospital Readmissions Nurse.com, November 10, 2015
	CSMS Research Finds Racial Disparities in Readmissions Related to Childbirth Connecticut State Medical Society, November 10, 2015
	Nonin Medical's New COPD STEP™ Plan Designed to Reduce Hospital Readmissions Nonin Medical Press Release, November 7, 2015
	CMS Recommends Hospitals be Mandated to Complete Post-Acute Care Plans, Readmissions Strategies by Josh Luke Lowering Readmissions Through Telehealth and Telemonitoring by Christina Sinclair-Lewis, MD The Role of the Patient Centered Medical Home in Reducing Readmissions Thought Leaders' Corner: How can Pharmacist-led interventions help reduce readmissions? Industry News with briefs regarding Medical Home Network, ECRI Institute, Milliman, Patient IO, Carecentra, Intermountain Healthcare, and Nonin. Catching up with ... Chuck Bongiovanni, MSW, MBA, CSA, CFE Click here to view page one of this issue Click here to subscribe to Readmissions News, or find out more
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