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Return to all articles Return to previous page How-to Guide: Improving Transitions from the Hospital to Community Settings to Reduce Avoidable Rehospitalizations Resource Type: Toolkits 0 Comments This Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) toolkit was developed to help hospitals and communities ensure optimal care transitions after hospital discharge. The toolkit includes recommendations for process improvements; an overview of recommended infrastructure changes and strategy central to successful implementation; case studies of organizations that have successfully implemented the toolkit and reduced preventable readmissions; and tools and resources to guide implementation and measure success. Brief registration is required. View Resource Citation: Rutherford P, Nielsen GA, Taylor J, Bradke P, Coleman E. How-to Guide: Improving Transitions from the Hospital to Community Settings to Reduce Avoidable Rehospitalizations. Cambridge, MA: Institute for Healthcare Improvement; June 2013. http://www.ihi.org/resources/Pages/Tools/HowtoGuideImprovingTransitionstoReduceAvoidableRehospitalizations.aspx. Accessed March 20, 2020. care coordination caregiver & community evaluation & quality improvement hospitalization patient education promising practices readmission risk stratification telehealth treatment No Comments You need to login to comment.
Return to all articles Return to previous page How-to Guide: Improving Transitions from the Hospital to Community Settings to Reduce Avoidable Rehospitalizations Resource Type: Toolkits 0 Comments This Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) toolkit was developed to help hospitals and communities ensure optimal care transitions after hospital discharge. The toolkit includes recommendations for process improvements; an overview of recommended infrastructure changes and strategy central to successful implementation; case studies of organizations that have successfully implemented the toolkit and reduced preventable readmissions; and tools and resources to guide implementation and measure success. Brief registration is required. View Resource Citation: Rutherford P, Nielsen GA, Taylor J, Bradke P, Coleman E. How-to Guide: Improving Transitions from the Hospital to Community Settings to Reduce Avoidable Rehospitalizations. Cambridge, MA: Institute for Healthcare Improvement; June 2013. http://www.ihi.org/resources/Pages/Tools/HowtoGuideImprovingTransitionstoReduceAvoidableRehospitalizations.aspx. Accessed March 20, 2020. care coordination caregiver & community evaluation & quality improvement hospitalization patient education promising practices readmission risk stratification telehealth treatment No Comments You need to login to comment.
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