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

Healthcare It News

OSF HealthCare, a health system that serves Illinois and Michigan, had a big challenge: Managing the high rate of patient readmissions from hospitals to skilled nursing facilities and eventually to home care. THE PROBLEM This issue stemmed largely from gaps in continuous care during transitions between these settings.

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Radial Analytics Raises $3M to Optimize Patient Care Transitions

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Radial Analytics , a Concord, MA-based company optimizing patient care transitions with real-time decision-support solutions for payers and providers, today announced it has raised $3M in funding led by Initialized Capital. Such opportunities to intervene often occur at care transitions.

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Review of 16 Proven Strategies to Improve Patient Satisfaction & Experience eBook

Readiness Rounds

2023 HCAHPS Scores Leave Much to be Desired The stark reality of patient satisfaction among US hospitals is simply that it’s not where it should be. From HCAHPS’s 2023 national results , the average overall hospital rating in terms of patient satisfaction was 70%. The number one reason we do what we do is the patient.

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Transitional Care: How Can We Make it Better for Patients?

Healthcare Leadership

Last month on HCLDR we discussed the ideal patient discharge experience (patient separation for those in the EU and Australia). It got me thinking about another aspect of the patient journey that does not get attention – patient transfers and transitions between healthcare organizations.

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Bamboo Health Streamlines Care Collaboration for Oak Street Health for Real-Time Patient Event Notifications

HIT Consultant

Real-Time Patient Event Notifications. This includes delivering real-time notifications whenever patients experience care events, whether they are at a hospital or emergency department, or post-acute in nature (SNF, LTACH, HHA, IRF, hospice)—leading to better awareness and more complete care.

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What is the Ideal Patient Discharge Experience?

Healthcare Leadership

Since that is the case, healthcare providers should spend more time and energy improving their discharge experiences. Over the past year, I there has been a lot of focus on the front-end patient experience. Q1 What aspect of the patient discharge process needs the most improvement?

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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. Do you ever question the effectiveness of your hospital's communication boards?