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Hospital to Home: Strategies to Prevent Readmissions to the Emergency Room

This webinar by the Behavioral Health Learning Collaborative features Julie Shackley, RN, MSN, discussing the Hospital to Home pilot with Central Maine Medical Center, including some pilot results, readmission rates and needs identified during hospital to home visits.

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Shannon Barnet: 3 Drawbacks of the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program

1. When determining penalties, readmissions that are unrelated to the initial hospitalization are included under the program
2. The time periods used to calculate excess readmissions are dated
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Source: Becker's Infection Control and Clinical Quality, October 14, 2015
Source URL: http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/quality/3-drawbacks-of-the-hospital-readmissions-reduction-program.html

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