Medicare project focuses on readmissions.
Along with decrease in readmissions, hospital increases referrals to home care and other posthospital care programs. Key element is increasing communication between post-acute providers and the hospital. Hospital-to-Home case management program resulted in a 32% increase in referrals to home health.
D006801:Humans; D006278:Medicare; D010359:Patient Readmission; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000592:standards; D014481:United States