Transitions of Care
About one in five Medicare beneficiaries discharged from the hospital is readmitted within 30 days of discharge at a cost of $26 billion a year. Three-quarters of those readmissions are considered potentially preventable, representing an estimated $12 billion in Medicare spending. While not a new problem, the Affordable Care Act has provisions targeted at changing this long-standing problem that affects patient outcomes and increases healthcare system costs. This continuing education program will familiarize nurses with the concept of care transitions and ways to improve outcomes and decrease avoidable readmissions.
Escuela, estudio y materia
- Institución
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Bellevue University
- Grado
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FP 6011
Información del documento
- Subido en
- 29 de septiembre de 2021
- Número de páginas
- 11
- Escrito en
- 2021/2022
- Tipo
- Examen
- Contiene
- Preguntas y respuestas
Temas
- transitions of care
- healthcare is evolving
- effective
- and timely care
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and there has been a push to provide care in the community instead of lengthy hospitalizations these transitions require a safe