title: Get out--and stay out. With readmission penalties on the horizon, CIOs are laying the groundwork for post-discharge solutions.
abstract: * Hospitals will soon face lower reimbursement rates from Medicare for preventable admissions. * Payments may be calculated against a single disease or condition, rather than admission. * There is currently no business model to keep patients out of the hospital, but there will be soon. * The time between discharge and first doctor visit is the most risky. * Home monitoring and follow up through worklists ca help prevent readmissions.
authors: Daphne
authors: D
authors: Lawrence
mesh_terms: D000288:Administrative Personnel; D006801:Humans; D006278:Medicare / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D010351:Patient Discharge / Q000592:standards; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D010359:Patient Readmission / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States