A community-wide quality improvement project on patient care transitions reduces 30-day hospital readmissions from home health agencies

Approximately 1 in 5 Medicare patients are rehospitalized within 30 days of discharge. The Harlingen Hospital Referral Region, an area defined by the Dartmouth Atlas as 35 ZIP codes in South Texas, reduced 30-day hospital readmission rates and associated costs through its participation in the Center...

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Published inHome healthcare nurse Vol. 30; no. 3; p. E1
Main Authors Markley, Jennifer, Sabharwal, Karen, Wang, Ziyin, Bigbee, Cindy, Whitmire, Linda
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.03.2012
Subjects
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Community Health Services - organization & administration
Delivery of Health Care - organization & administration
Female
Health Care Surveys
Home Care Agencies - economics
Hospitalization - economics
Hospitalization - statistics & numerical data
Humans
Male
Medicare - economics
Medicare - statistics & numerical data
Patient Care Planning - organization & administration
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Patient Readmission - economics
Patient Readmission - statistics & numerical data
Policy Making
Quality Improvement
Texas
Transportation of Patients
United States
United States
Texas
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Summary:Approximately 1 in 5 Medicare patients are rehospitalized within 30 days of discharge. The Harlingen Hospital Referral Region, an area defined by the Dartmouth Atlas as 35 ZIP codes in South Texas, reduced 30-day hospital readmission rates and associated costs through its participation in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Care Transitions project. The project emphasized a community-wide focus on 4 quality improvement areas: (a) the problem of rehospitalization, (b) improving cross-setting collaboration, (c) access to performance data, and (d) implementation of best practice interventions to reduce avoidable hospitalizations.
ISSN:1539-0713
DOI:10.1097/NHH.0b013e318246d540