Description
Gain a better understanding of quality health care and improved patient outcomes based on the quality of care.
Health care is quickly becoming a commodity. The increased focus on quality by CMS and other payer sources has driven the need to create effective strategies to control costs. One such strategy is reducing preventable readmissions. Hospitals are keenly aware of the cost of readmissions, both in penalties from CMS and in their reputation as centers for quality and improved patient outcomes. The purpose of this information is to equip the user with the tools to identify those patients at risk, intervene when necessary, disseminate to their staff, and ensure that lasting change will occur. This information is an intermediatelevel course designed for mid to upperlevel hospital administrators. This course is ideal for the handson manager to assess and implement a hospitalwide program aimed at reducing the number of readmissions.
Date: 2023-05-24 Start Time: 1:00 PM ET End Time: 2:05 PM ET
Learning Objectives
* You will be able to identify patients at risk for readmission.
* You will be able to explain interventions aimed at reducing readmissions, such as the CMS incentivepenalty program.
* You will be able to review tools available for use in your facility.
* You will be able to discuss the ability to develop tools and strategies for the dissemination of these tools.