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Complimentary from the publishers of Readmissions News November 2018

"The reality is that value-based care is going through growing pains and some of the desired alignment has not manifested itself. The transition to population health and at-risk models is challenging hospitals’ operating margins because some of these hospitals do not have the infrastructure to manage their finances based on population health metrics, and they are having a difficult time shifting their finance models to account for this way of thinking. Compounding this is the fact that hospitals are also challenged with labor and wage pressures because of the tight market for healthcare workers.”
- Saeed Aminzadeh, Chief Executive Officer, Decision Point Healthcare Solutions.

"For their study, published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, Graham and her colleagues examined information on 822 general medicine patients readmitted to 10 academic medical centers in the United States. Overall, 36.2% of early readmissions versus 23.0% of late readmissions were deemed preventable."

Excerpted from: Readmissions News, Volume 7, Number 11, November 2018, "Hospitals May Take too Much of the Blame for Unplanned Readmissions,"by Kelly Graham.

Reducing Hospitalizations and 30-Day Readmissions for Rural Post-Acute Care Patients

Hear from TeleHealth Solution, Glenbridge Health and Rehabilitation, and Watuga Medical Center (part of Appalachian Regional Healthcare System), how telemedicine is allowing them to treat more patients in place, avoiding unnecessary hospital transfers and drastically reducing their re-admissions rates.

Christopher Cheney: 10 Approaches to Reduce Readmissions for Heart Failure and COPD

1. make accurate diagnoses
2. strive for early detection of exacerbations
3. Click to continue

Source: HealthLeaders Media, November 15, 2018

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How Post-Discharge Engagement Can Reduce Readmissions Among Medicaid Patients by Wanzhen Gao, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D. and David Keleti, Ph.D.

The Bridge Model of Transitional Care by Walter Rosenberg, Noreen Syed and Bonnie Ewald

Hospitals May Take too Much of the Blame for Unplanned Readmissions by Kelly Graham

Thought Leaders' Corner: "How does population health impact hospitalizations and hospital finances?"

Industry News with briefs regarding the University of Pennsylvania Health System, Validic, Porchlight VNA/Home Care, Wellth and CommonWell Health Alliance.

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