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American Heart Association: Six steps that could cut heart failure readmissions

Submitted By Charlene Ice, Created 07/25/2013 - 16:31
  1. Forming partnerships with community doctors to address readmission issues.
  2. Collaborating with other hospitals to develop consistent strategies for reducing readmission.
  3. Having nurses supervise the coordination of medication plans.
  4. Scheduling follow-up appointments before patients leave the hospital.
  5. Developing systems to forward discharge information to the patient’s primary care doctor.
  6. Contacting patients on all test results received after they are discharged.

Source: American Heart Association Press Release, July 16, 2013
Source URL: http://newsroom.heart.org/news/six-steps-could-cut-heart-fai...
Notes: List is based on research in the American Heart Association’s journal Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes.

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