Project BOOST: effectiveness of a multihospital effort to reduce rehospitalization.

Luke O. Hansen; Jeffrey L. Greenwald; Tina Budnitz; Eric Howell; Lakshmi Halasyamani; Greg Maynard; Arpana Vidyarthi; Eric A. Coleman; Mark Williams V

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Project BOOST: effectiveness of a multihospital effort to reduce rehospitalization.

August 21, 2013

Hansen LO, Greenwald JL, Budnitz T, et al. J Hosp Med. 2013;8(8):421-7.

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Hospitals that participated in Project BOOST, a national quality improvement collaborative for preventing readmissions, appeared to have slightly lower 30-day readmission rates.

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