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American Medical News: 9 ways doctors can lower readmissions
Submitted by Charlene Ice on Tue, 03/05/2013 - 13:31
- Keep organized information on patients' medical issues, health goals, functional and psychological status, and behavioral and social issues.
- Consider patients' acute, intermediate and long-term care goals.
- Be explicit with patients about social, economic, cultural and other factors that may impede their care.
- Use reader-friendly tools such as checklists and “red flag” lists to help patients and caregivers with self-management tasks.
- Use motivational interviewing and teach-to-goal methods to support self-care.
- Use pharmacy, patient and hospital discharge lists to ensure a fully reconciled and accurate medication list after discharge.
- Reinforce medication changes made in the hospital with patients, as appropriate.
- Use “pill cards” to help patients track drug changes.
- Allocate time to address care coordination tasks, using templates and checklists for specific tasks.
Notes: Based on “There and Home Again, Safely: Five Responsibilities of Ambulatory Practices in High Quality Care Transitions,” http://www.ama-assn.org/resources/doc/patient-safety/ambulatory-practices.pdf
Source: "AMA details plan for cutting hospital readmissions," American Medical News, February 18, 2013
Source URL: http://www.amednews.com/article/20130218/health/130219952/4/
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