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Howard Gleckman: How Nursing Homes Can Cut Hospital Readmissions

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 09/28/2012 - 17:55


  1. Increasing staff and improving training for nurses and aides to help them identify and treat situations that can lead to hospitalizations.
  2. Working with primary care doctors to encourage them to allow the nursing facility to treat many acute episodes rather than ordering patients back to the hospital.
  3. Asking patients, residents, and their families whether they want to be hospitalized.


Source: Forbes
Source URL: http://www.forbes.com/sites/howardgleckman/2012/09/12/how-nu...



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