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	“Providing patients and their family/extended caregiver network relevant and timely information on care plans and recovery processes is critical to preventing readmissions.”  Matthew Barker, Director of Marketing, TeleHealth Services
	"Results of this analysis find that safety-net hospitals are 30 percent more likely to have 30-day hospital readmission rates above the national average, compared with non–safety-net hospitals, and will therefore be disproportionately impacted by the HRRP." Excerpted from: Higher Readmissions at Safety-Net Hospitals and Potential Policy Solutions, The Commonwealth Fund, December 10, 2012
	Research Finds Link Between Patient Experience of Care Measures and Readmissions   Press Ganey Press Release, December 12, 2012
	Infographic: Real World Strategies for Reducing Readmissions Healthcare Intelligence Network, December 12, 2012
	Higher Readmissions at Safety-Net Hospitals and Potential Policy Solutions The Commonwealth Fund, December 10, 2012
	Post-Discharge Outreach Emerges As a Key to Reduced Readmissions
	Pharmacy Practice News, December 2012
	Pitfalls of calculating readmission rates based on nonvalidated administrative data National Center for Biotechnology Information, November 27, 2012
	Hospitals Face Pressure to Avert Readmissions ‎The New York Times, November 26, 2012
	There’s No Place Like Home by Barbara Averyt, BSHA Higher Readmissions at Safety-Net Hospitals and Potential Policy Solutions by Julia Berenson and Anthony Shih The Editor’s Corner: Introducing Mary Naylor, PhD, RN, FAAN Contemporary Evidence about Hospital Strategies for Reducing 30-Day Readmissions: A National Study by Elizabeth H. Bradley, PhD et al Thought Leader’s Corner: "What are the keys to effective patient and family engagement in preventing unnecessary readmissions?" Industry News with briefs regarding BioMed Central, Center to Advance Palliative Care, Minneapolis Heart institute Foundation, The Journal of General Internal Medicine, Advances in Nursing Science, Care Innovations, Press Ganey, The Department of Health Care Policy and Financing, Curaspan Knowledge Exchange, The New England Journal of Medicine, Health Affairs, and Kindred Healthcare Catching Up With…Randall Krakauer, MD, MBA, FACP, FACR Click here to view page one of this issue Click here to subscribe to Readmissions News, or find out more
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