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How A Home Health Provider Slashed Its Readmission Rate By Nearly Half

Home Health Care

At-Home Health Care — Sparta Community Hospital’s home health segment — has made successful care transitions a priority in an effort to lower rehospitalizations and ER visits. Sparta Community Hospital is located in Southern Illinois and is a 25-bed full-service acute care medical facility.

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State Oversight and Innovations in Medicaid-Managed Long-Term Services and Supports (MLTSS) Serving Older Adults and People with Disabilities 

NASHP

Illinois described using two dashboards to monitor performance: a population-specific dashboard that includes data on metrics such as care plan completion and care transitions and an internal-performance dashboard to examine differences in care and utilization by race, ethnicity, and region.

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Supporting the Continuum of Care for Serious Illness in Medicaid Managed Care

NASHP

In addition to a range of metrics related to promoting prevention and reducing utilization related to ambulatory care-sensitive conditions, ICSP measures have included advanced care planning, evidence of physician order for life-sustaining treatment (POLST), effective care transitions, and assessment and management of chronic pain.

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How State Medicaid Programs Serve Children and Youth in Foster Care

NASHP

Additionally, many specialized MMC programs require the contracted MMC entity to meet certain reporting and quality benchmarks, which may include documentation of services provided and timeliness of those services, health outcomes, or foster care-specific performance improvements. personal care items or electronics).

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How Effective Patient Communication Boards Improve Safety & HCAHPS Scores

Readiness Rounds

A well-organized and patient-oriented environment, facilitated by the presence of communication boards, positively influences patients' perceptions of the hospital's care quality. Care Transitions: Effective communication boards can also enhance the coordination of care during transitions, such as shift changes or transfer to different units.

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Patient Flow Challenges Contributing to Provider Burnout

HIT Consultant

The following describes each phase of the patient flow process and the associated obstacles that providers face, as well as some performance improvement recommendations for healthcare leaders to consider to reduce workforce stress, improve patient satisfaction, and improve quality. Inefficient Transfers.

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4 Patient Flow Challenges Contributing to Provider Burnout

HIT Consultant

The following describes each phase of the patient flow process and the associated obstacles that providers face, as well as some performance improvement recommendations for healthcare leaders to consider to reduce workforce stress, improve patient satisfaction, and improve quality. Inefficient Transfers.