title: Strategies to help reduce hospital readmissions.
abstract: The risk assessment tools, medication reconciliation steps, and discharge script provided here can help you keep your patients from going back into the hospital.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family and Community Medicine, Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Email: danielle.snyderman@jefferson.edu.
authors.forename: Danielle
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Snyderman
authors.forename: Brooke
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Salzman
authors.forename: Geoffrey
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mills
authors.forename: Lauren
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hersh
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Parks
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005194:Family Practice / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D059065:Medication Reconciliation; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications; D010359:Patient Readmission; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors