Heart failure intervention cuts return trips to hospital.
Hospitals collaborate to cut heart failure readmissions. A consortium of hospitals in New York state collaborate to reduce readmissions among their heart failure patients without compromising quality. The eye-opening part was discovering the cause of readmissions.
D019090:Case Management; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000628:therapy*; D006764:Hospitals, Community / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D009518:New York; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000458:organization & administration; D010359:Patient Readmission; D012307:Risk Factors; D012648:Self Care; D016896:Treatment Outcome