Cleveland Clinic Looks to Home Care, EHR to Reduce Readmissions

Posted on 02. Feb, 2010 by Editor.

Home health providers: Are you in a ‘black box?’

Medicare spends about $12 billion a year on “potentially preventable” hospital readmissions, according to MedPAC. With the feds hankering to cut health care costs, it’s only a matter of time before…

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OASIS: Check Out This Resource To Improve Your Rehospitalization Score

Posted on 26. Aug, 2009 by Editor.

Here’s how to find out which local hospitals have the highest readmission rates

Home health agencies often find that their struggle to reduce hospital readmissions collides with the hospital’s or physician’s practice patterns or needs. A new piece of public…

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