Preventability of Hospital Readmissions From Skilled Nursing Facilities: A Consumer Perspective
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Another option in reducing hospital readmissions from skilled nursing facilities: Project RED (ReEngineered Discharge).
There has never been a better time for long term care practitioners to get involved with reducing unnecessary hospitalizations and readmissions. Hospitals have gotten the message, and they are now financially responsible for some readmissions and will go out of their way to help nursing homes avoid unnecessary readmissions with better discharge summaries and more comprehensive plans for continu...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Gerontologist
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0016-9013,1758-5341
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnw132