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OSF deploys care transition program, reduces readmission rate from 29% to 9%

Healthcare It News

THE PROBLEM This issue stemmed largely from gaps in continuous care during transitions between these settings. "The existing systems were fragmented, with each care setting operating in a silo ," he explained. "All interventions and patient outcomes are thoroughly tracked and analyzed," he added.

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How Effective Patient Communication Boards Improve Safety & HCAHPS Scores

Readiness Rounds

Patient communication boards play a pivotal role in enhancing both patient satisfaction and a hospital's HCAHPS (Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems) score and star rating. These boards serve as instrumental tools in fostering effective and patient-centered communication within healthcare settings.

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Aligning Quality Measures with the National Care Coordination Standards for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs (CYSHCN)

NASHP

Comprehensive quality measurement of care coordination services is essential to evaluate and guide care coordination efforts, yet little agreement exists among stakeholders about how to best measure the provision and quality of care coordination services. [4] National Care Coordination Standards Domain.

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation Center: Equity and Vision

Sheppard Health Law

In addition, only four models met the requirements to be expanded in duration and scope: Home Health Value-Based Purchasing Model; Pioneer ACO Model; Repetitive, Prior Authorization of Repetitive, Schedule Non-Emergent Ambulance Transport Model; and Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program Expanded Model.

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National Care Coordination Standards for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs (CYSHCN) Implementation Guide

NASHP

Shared Plan of Care. Care Coordination Workforce. Care Transitions. health plans, providers, families of CYSHCN) in using, adapting, and implementing the National Care Coordination Standards for CYSHCN to develop or improve care coordination systems. Financing care coordination systems.