Search results for "Readmissions"
ACP supports the “Care About Your Care” initiative
ACP has joined with many other organizations to help improve care transitions and reduce avoidable readmissions.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2013/02/05/8.htm
5 Feb 2013
Patients and families can help reinvent health care
True engagement requires listening and learning, making patients and families partners not just in decisions about their individual care but in designing practices and systems that will work for them.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2013/03/voices.htm
1 Mar 2013
Transparency needed for successful health care reform
Physician silence on gun control puts children and adults at risk from a person using firearms to harm them, in their classrooms, in their own homes, in their workplaces and on their neighborhood streets.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2013/03/washington.htm
1 Mar 2013
The March issue of ACP Internist is online and coming to your mailbox
The March issue of ACP Internist features stories on anemia, empathy's role in treatment and pulmonary embolisms.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2013/03/12/6.htm
12 Mar 2013
The March issue of ACP Hospitalist is online
The March issue of ACP Hospitalist is online. Featured stories include reframing readmissions, successful ward teams and patient identification errors.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2013/03/26/8.htm
26 Mar 2013
Transparency needed for successful health care reform
With fewer than 10 months left until the Affordable Care Act's coverage guarantees take effect, how prepared are federal agencies and state governments to make the law work?.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2013/04/washington.htm
1 Apr 2013
Score can predict readmission risk
A prediction score can identify before discharge the likelihood of a potentially avoidable 30-day readmission, a new study suggests.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2013/04/02/5.htm
2 Apr 2013
AHA and ACC update heart failure guidelines
New and revised recommendations on the treatment of heart failure were released last week jointly by the American College of Cardiology Foundation and American Heart Association.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2013/06/11/5.htm
11 Jun 2013
When negotiating contracts with ACOs, cover all the bases
Get specifics on access to data, and remember to plan for a possible exit strategy.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2013/07/contracts.htm
1 Jul 2013
Success in ACOs depends on collaboration
Physicians should consider culture, autonomy and resources before jumping in.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2013/07/acos.htm
1 Jul 2013