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Return to all articles Return to previous page House call program helps COPD patients reduce hospital visits Resource Type: Articles 0 Comments The Community Cares program helps COPD patients stay out of the hospital by helping patients better manage their disease. This promising practice includes home health visits, 24-hour telephone support access, virtual visit computer and smartphone technology and care coordination among nursing, social work and other hospital-based resources. Numbers of readmissions for initial participants dropped from pre-program rates of 61 total hospitalizations to five after two months of implementation. View Resource Citation: Geiszler-Jones A. House call program helps COPD patients reduce hospital visits. Via Christi Health. https://www.viachristi.org/BLOG/HOUSE-CALL-PROGRAM-HELPS-COPD-PATIENTS-REDUCE-HOSPITAL-VISITS#STHASH.ICGCSURR. Published October 29, 2014. March 30, 2020. care coordination evaluation & quality improvement hospitalization promising practices readmission telehealth No Comments You need to login to comment.
Return to all articles Return to previous page House call program helps COPD patients reduce hospital visits Resource Type: Articles 0 Comments The Community Cares program helps COPD patients stay out of the hospital by helping patients better manage their disease. This promising practice includes home health visits, 24-hour telephone support access, virtual visit computer and smartphone technology and care coordination among nursing, social work and other hospital-based resources. Numbers of readmissions for initial participants dropped from pre-program rates of 61 total hospitalizations to five after two months of implementation. View Resource Citation: Geiszler-Jones A. House call program helps COPD patients reduce hospital visits. Via Christi Health. https://www.viachristi.org/BLOG/HOUSE-CALL-PROGRAM-HELPS-COPD-PATIENTS-REDUCE-HOSPITAL-VISITS#STHASH.ICGCSURR. Published October 29, 2014. March 30, 2020. care coordination evaluation & quality improvement hospitalization promising practices readmission telehealth No Comments You need to login to comment.
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