Complimentary from the publishers of Readmissions News              November 2018
	“ConcertoHealth, the leading full-risk provider of specialized primary care and supporting clinical services for vulnerable, frail and elderly patients, announced that it has achieved a 29 percent reduction in hospital admissions and a 12 percent drop in readmissionsi in the state of Washington." Excerpted from: Readmissions News, Volume 7, Number 10, October 2018, Industry News: "ConcertoHealth Achieves Double-Digit Improvements in Hospital Admissions and Readmissions for Washington's Highest Risk Patient Population."
	Social determinants of health contributed to half of readmissions, study finds Becker's Hospital Review, October 25, 2018
	Readmissions Risk Jumps 3% Every Day Spent Hospitalized RT Magazine, October 24, 2018
	Day of Discharge Does Not Impact Readmission After Major Cardiac Surgery The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, abstract only, October 10, 2018
	Hospital Readmissions Driven by Length of Stay, Smoking, Comorbidities MD Magazine, October 8, 2018
	KLAS: Remote patient monitoring reduces admissions, readmissions, ER visits Becker's Hospital Review, October 3, 2018
	The Continuing Problem Of Hospital Readmissions American Council on Science and Health, October 3, 2018
	Every day in the hospital, readmission likelihood increases by 2.9% in rural  Medical Xpress, October 1, 2018
	The Effect Of The HRRP On Readmission & Observation Stay Rates For HF Health Affairs, abstract only, October 2018
	The Number One Way to Prevent Hospital Readmissions Cerner blog, October 30, 2018 Top 4 Big Data Analytics Strategies to Reduce Hospital Readmissions Health IT Analytics, October 26, 2018 Ongoing readmissions: The long shadow of mental illness and substance abuse Inside Angle/3M Health Information Systems, October 24, 2018 How Hospitals Can Avoid Broken Heart Syndrome Readmissions HealthLeaders Media, October 8, 2018
	A Long-Term Care Facility Slashes Readmission Rates by Accessing Its Residents' Full Medical Records by Staci Romeo Patients as Partners in the Last Mile of Healthcare: Towards a Hospital Discharge Quality Guarantee by Ben Rosner, MD, PhD Kidney Disease Patients Can Benefit from Home Support by Carmen A. Peralta, MD, MAS Thought Leaders' Corner: "How can the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP) be improved?" Industry News with briefs regarding ConcertoHealth, Wellth Co., Visiting Nurse Service & Hospice of Suffolk, and MCG Health. Catching up with... Matt Miller PhD
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