Reducing Avoidable Readmissions Effectively campaign: a statewide collaborative.

Kim A McCoy; Kattie Bear-Pfaffendorf; Joann K Foreman; Tania Daniels; Erik W Zabel; Laura J Grangaard; James E Trevis; Kathy A Cummings

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Reducing Avoidable Readmissions Effectively campaign: a statewide collaborative.

February 5, 2014

McCoy KA, Bear-Pfaffendorf K, Foreman JK, et al. Joint Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2016;40(5):198-204, AP2.

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This article describes an effort to help hospitals enhance discharge planning, medication management, patient and family engagement, care transition, and communication as elements of a state-wide collaborative to reduce readmissions. The program received a 2013 Eisenberg Award.

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