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Readmission Prevention

Author : Josh Luke
Publisher : ACHE Management
ISBN 13 : 9781567937107
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (371 download)

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Download or read book Readmission Prevention written by Josh Luke and published by ACHE Management. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a result of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), readmissions have become a new area of focus as care delivery moves from a volume-based model to a value-based one. Acute hospitals are calling upon post-acute providers to assist them in improving care coordination to avoid penalties. Post-acute providers are taking steps to become the provider of choice as hospitals, health systems, and managed care organizations turn to them for support. In the absence of proven historical programs, this book gives hospital executives and post-acute care providers proven tactics and tools they can apply to reduce and prevent unnecessary hospitalizations. Written in a conversational style by a seasoned healthcare executive, the book starts by defining the origins of readmissions and the impact of the ACA, then describes three phases of readmission prevention planning and offers innovative strategies for executives to position their facility as a provider of choice. Specific readmission prevention tactics are addressed for different levels of post-acute care, including: Acute care hospitals and health systems Skilled nursing facilities Physicians and Pharmacists Long-term acute care and acute rehabilitation hospitals Home health agencies Hospice and palliative care agencies Assisted-living facilities Home care and private-duty nursing Throughout the book, short perspectives written by experts in the different specialty areas provide additional viewpoints on critical issues in care transitions. The book concludes with case examples from healthcare organizations that have successfully implemented new tactics and strategies as part of a larger coordinated program in preventing readmissions.

Primary Care

Author : Barbara Starfield
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Primary Care written by Barbara Starfield and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1992 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive work provides a lucid examination of the difficult problems that arise with the implementation of effective primary care. The book has four purposes: to help practitioners of primary care understand what they do and why; to provide a basis for the training of primary care practitioners; to stimulate research that will provide a more substantive basis for improvements in primary care; and to help policy makers understand the difficulties and challenges of primary care and its importance. In addition to discussing systems of primary care and alternative ways of evaluating them, the author addresses important issues such as practitioner-patient communication, information systems and medical records, referral processes, personnel, managed care, financing, quality assessment and community orientation. This unique volume provides a clear and valuable assessment of the basic concepts, issues and challenges in this increasingly important field.

Patient Readmission Prevention Using Telephone Intervention: Implications for Nurse Practitioners

Author : Katherine L. Hand
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (134 download)

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Book Synopsis Patient Readmission Prevention Using Telephone Intervention: Implications for Nurse Practitioners by : Katherine L. Hand

Download or read book Patient Readmission Prevention Using Telephone Intervention: Implications for Nurse Practitioners written by Katherine L. Hand and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Readmission after hospitalization occurs frequently and is a concern for healthcare systems. Adults with chronic illness frequently have the highest readmission rates, often related to adverse events, medication errors, or worsening symptoms. A systematic review of literature related to readmission was conducted. An evidenced-based practice project was implemented to reduce readmission rates within 30 days after hospitalization. The intervention was a telephone call within 24-72 hours after discharge by a nurse practitioner using a prepared script. The purpose of the call was focused upon assessment of patient understanding of medication dosage, side effects, symptoms of worsening conditions, and scheduling of follow-up appointments. The results demonstrated that telephone intervention by a nurse practitioner has the potential to reduce readmission rate for hospitalized adults. Involvement of an advanced practice nurse to contact the patient by telephone during the transition to home after dismissal from the hospital, results in improved management of the condition after discharge. Reconceptualization of the discharge process as a transition period will bridge the gap in healthcare until the follow-up appointment. Telephone contact will individualize health care to meet the needs of the client. Early recognition of new or worsening symptoms will result in practitioner management of the condition, with decreased need for readmission. Keywords: readmission, adverse events, discharge, discharge planning, care transition. ." -- Abstract

Implementing Risk Tools to Prevent Hospital Readmission

Author : Tara O'Connor
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book Implementing Risk Tools to Prevent Hospital Readmission written by Tara O'Connor and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Implementing Risk Tools to Prevent Hospital Readmission Tara O'Connor Abstract Background: Readmission reduction is one of the most important opportunities for reducing cost in today's health care system. Global Aim: To operationalize risk tools to reduce hospital readmissions by 5 percent by the end of 2017. Project Aim: To develop new transitions program (TP) processes that operationalizes the risk tools and ensures 70 percent of all readmission risk score patients referred receive a post discharge phone call within 48 hours, and are assessed for their risk of medication management issues as part of their initial assessment, by August 1st, 2017. Setting: The TP provides short term case management for patients transitioning home from hospital and other level of care. Quality Gap: An evidence-based means of identifying patients at risk for readmission and a standardized process for assessing medication management issues was previously lacking. Evidence: Intervention demonstrated in clinical trial to reduce readmissions requires timely post discharge follow-up, assessment of and interventions for medication management issues, education on the plan of care, and interventions that address the social barriers of health maintenance and promote patients' and their caregivers' capacity for self-management. Results: Through clinical leadership, utilization of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's (IHIs) model for improvement, and interdisciplinary collaboration, the TP team has developed new processes that preliminary data suggests are accomplishing the project aim.

Advances in Patient Safety

Author : Kerm Henriksen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 526 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (54 download)

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Download or read book Advances in Patient Safety written by Kerm Henriksen and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: v. 1. Research findings -- v. 2. Concepts and methodology -- v. 3. Implementation issues -- v. 4. Programs, tools and products.

Unequal Treatment

Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 030908265X
Total Pages : 781 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Unequal Treatment written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2009-02-06 with total page 781 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Racial and ethnic disparities in health care are known to reflect access to care and other issues that arise from differing socioeconomic conditions. There is, however, increasing evidence that even after such differences are accounted for, race and ethnicity remain significant predictors of the quality of health care received. In Unequal Treatment, a panel of experts documents this evidence and explores how persons of color experience the health care environment. The book examines how disparities in treatment may arise in health care systems and looks at aspects of the clinical encounter that may contribute to such disparities. Patients' and providers' attitudes, expectations, and behavior are analyzed. How to intervene? Unequal Treatment offers recommendations for improvements in medical care financing, allocation of care, availability of language translation, community-based care, and other arenas. The committee highlights the potential of cross-cultural education to improve provider-patient communication and offers a detailed look at how to integrate cross-cultural learning within the health professions. The book concludes with recommendations for data collection and research initiatives. Unequal Treatment will be vitally important to health care policymakers, administrators, providers, educators, and students as well as advocates for people of color.

Closing the Quality Gap

Author : Kaveh G. Shojania
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781587632594
Total Pages : 7 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (325 download)

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Download or read book Closing the Quality Gap written by Kaveh G. Shojania and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 7 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Prevention of Early Hospital Readmissions

Author : Nicole Darby
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (135 download)

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Download or read book Prevention of Early Hospital Readmissions written by Nicole Darby and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The United States health care system is suffering from immense strain due to early hospital readmissions after a patient has been discharged from the hospital. Early hospital readmissions are considered as any hospital readmission within thirty days from the previous discharge. It is imperative for a solution to be found to help relieve this strain and help our health care system continue to be the best for our patients based on current evidence-based practices. It is proposed that hospitals must start to implement certain interventions to try and help prevent early hospital readmissions. Certain studies show that if hospitals start implementing follow-up home care and discharge calls to patients who have been discharged, the rate of premature hospital readmissions can be decreased.

Impact of Community Health Workers on Access, Use of Services, and Patient Knowledge and Behavior

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 20 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Impact of Community Health Workers on Access, Use of Services, and Patient Knowledge and Behavior written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Mental Health Atlas 2017

Author : World Health Organization
Publisher : World Health Organization
ISBN 13 : 9241514019
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (415 download)

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Download or read book Mental Health Atlas 2017 written by World Health Organization and published by World Health Organization. This book was released on 2018-08-09 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collects together data compiled from 177 World Health Organization Member States/Countries on mental health care. Coverage includes policies, plans and laws for mental health, human and financial resources available, what types of facilities providing care, and mental health programmes for prevention and promotion.

Capturing Social and Behavioral Domains and Measures in Electronic Health Records

Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309312450
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Capturing Social and Behavioral Domains and Measures in Electronic Health Records written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2015-01-08 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Determinants of health - like physical activity levels and living conditions - have traditionally been the concern of public health and have not been linked closely to clinical practice. However, if standardized social and behavioral data can be incorporated into patient electronic health records (EHRs), those data can provide crucial information about factors that influence health and the effectiveness of treatment. Such information is useful for diagnosis, treatment choices, policy, health care system design, and innovations to improve health outcomes and reduce health care costs. Capturing Social and Behavioral Domains and Measures in Electronic Health Records: Phase 2 identifies domains and measures that capture the social determinants of health to inform the development of recommendations for the meaningful use of EHRs. This report is the second part of a two-part study. The Phase 1 report identified 17 domains for inclusion in EHRs. This report pinpoints 12 measures related to 11 of the initial domains and considers the implications of incorporating them into all EHRs. This book includes three chapters from the Phase 1 report in addition to the new Phase 2 material. Standardized use of EHRs that include social and behavioral domains could provide better patient care, improve population health, and enable more informative research. The recommendations of Capturing Social and Behavioral Domains and Measures in Electronic Health Records: Phase 2 will provide valuable information on which to base problem identification, clinical diagnoses, patient treatment, outcomes assessment, and population health measurement.

Race, Ethnicity, and Language Data

Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309140129
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Race, Ethnicity, and Language Data written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2009-12-30 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The goal of eliminating disparities in health care in the United States remains elusive. Even as quality improves on specific measures, disparities often persist. Addressing these disparities must begin with the fundamental step of bringing the nature of the disparities and the groups at risk for those disparities to light by collecting health care quality information stratified by race, ethnicity and language data. Then attention can be focused on where interventions might be best applied, and on planning and evaluating those efforts to inform the development of policy and the application of resources. A lack of standardization of categories for race, ethnicity, and language data has been suggested as one obstacle to achieving more widespread collection and utilization of these data. Race, Ethnicity, and Language Data identifies current models for collecting and coding race, ethnicity, and language data; reviews challenges involved in obtaining these data, and makes recommendations for a nationally standardized approach for use in health care quality improvement.

Prevention and Management of Complications in Bariatric Surgery

Author : Tomasz G. Rogula
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190608366
Total Pages : 425 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (96 download)

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Download or read book Prevention and Management of Complications in Bariatric Surgery written by Tomasz G. Rogula and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-04-25 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As bariatric procedures become more commonplace, the safety and quality of bariatric surgery continues to rise. Risk factors remain inconsistent from hospital to hospital and procedure to procedure, however, highlighting the necessity for comprehensive education on the prevention and management of their resulting complications. In response to this need, Prevention and Management of Complications in Bariatric Surgery is the first book to compile the most up-to-date prevention and management strategies in this field. Edited by leading experts, it provides sound recommendations for collecting, monitoring, and analyzing outcomes, with an emphasis on quality and process improvement. Its scope is tremendously comprehensive, covering everything from common complications, such as leaks, bleeding, wound infections, and venous thromboembolism; to rare-but-deadly complications, such as Wernicke's encephalopathy and rhabdomyolsis as well as the emergency management of various life-threatening complications, including internal hernia, gastric nectrosis from banding, pulmonary embolus, and bleeding. Readers also learn about early-day, late-day, and intraoperative complications, for which the authors provide evidence-based recommendations for swift and accurate diagnosis, preventive strategies, and best practices in medical and surgical management. Comprehensive and accessible, this book is a valuable resource for bariatric surgeons and surgical trainees, physicians, and nurses who participate in the perioperative care of the bariatric patient.

EBOOK: Diagnosis-Related Groups in Europe: Moving towards transparency, efficiency and quality in hospitals

Author : Reinhard Busse
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
ISBN 13 : 0335245587
Total Pages : 490 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (352 download)

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Download or read book EBOOK: Diagnosis-Related Groups in Europe: Moving towards transparency, efficiency and quality in hospitals written by Reinhard Busse and published by McGraw-Hill Education (UK). This book was released on 2011-11-16 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Diagnosis Related Group (DRG) systems were introduced in Europe to increase the transparency of services provided by hospitals and to incentivise greater efficiency in the use of resources invested in acute hospitals. In many countries, these systems were also designed to contribute to improving – or at least protecting – the quality of care. After more than a decade of experience with using DRGs in Europe, this book considers whether the extensive use of DRGs has contributed towards achieving these objectives. Written by authors with extensive experience of these systems, this book is a product of the EuroDRG project and constitutes an important resource for health policy-makers and researchers from Europe and beyond. The book is intended to contribute to the emergence of a ‘common language’ that will facilitate communication between researchers and policy-makers interested in improving the functioning and resourcing of the acute hospital sector. The book includes: A clearly structured introduction to the main ‘building blocks’ of DRG systems An overview of key issues related to DRGs including their impact on efficiency, quality, unintended effects and technological innovation in health care 12 country chapters - Austria, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain and Sweden Clearly structured and detailed information about the most important DRG system characteristics in each of these countries Useful insights for countries and regions in Europe and beyond interested in introducing, extending and/ or optimising DRG systems within the hospital sector

The Student-Physician

Author : Robert K. Merton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780674366824
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (668 download)

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Download or read book The Student-Physician written by Robert K. Merton and published by . This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbations

Author : Jadwiga A. Wedzicha
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1420070878
Total Pages : 476 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbations written by Jadwiga A. Wedzicha and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2008-09-22 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbations covers the definition, diagnosis, epidemiology, mechanisms, and treatment associated with COPD exacerbations. This text also addresses imaging and how it plays a pivotal role in the diagnosis and study of exacerbations.Written by today's top experts, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbat

Resident Duty Hours

Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309131529
Total Pages : 427 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Resident Duty Hours written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2009-04-27 with total page 427 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Medical residents in hospitals are often required to be on duty for long hours. In 2003 the organization overseeing graduate medical education adopted common program requirements to restrict resident workweeks, including limits to an average of 80 hours over 4 weeks and the longest consecutive period of work to 30 hours in order to protect patients and residents from unsafe conditions resulting from excessive fatigue. Resident Duty Hours provides a timely examination of how those requirements were implemented and their impact on safety, education, and the training institutions. An in-depth review of the evidence on sleep and human performance indicated a need to increase opportunities for sleep during residency training to prevent acute and chronic sleep deprivation and minimize the risk of fatigue-related errors. In addition to recommending opportunities for on-duty sleep during long duty periods and breaks for sleep of appropriate lengths between work periods, the committee also recommends enhancements of supervision, appropriate workload, and changes in the work environment to improve conditions for safety and learning. All residents, medical educators, those involved with academic training institutions, specialty societies, professional groups, and consumer/patient safety organizations will find this book useful to advocate for an improved culture of safety.