Hospital Readmissions

Effective Patient Engagement Tips to Prevent Hospital Readmission

September 14, 2023 - Having good hospital readmission rates is nearly impossible without a curated patient engagement strategy. A key metric in most value-based care models, hospital readmission rates measure the proportion of patients who are readmitted back into the hospital after discharge. Many hospitals look at their readmission rates at different...


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Same Home Care Nurse May Cut Hospital Readmissions for LEP Patients

by Sara Heath

Organizations looking to cut down on hospital readmissions among their limited English proficiency (LEP) populations getting home-based care may consider deploying the same nurse for every visit,...

Odds of Hospital Readmission 34% Higher for Black Heart Attack Patients

by Sara Heath

The risk of hospital readmission after a heart attack is markedly higher for Black people than White, a trend researchers said in JAMA Network Open should prompt further investigation into how systemic...

Text Message Patient Outreach Cuts 30-Day Hospital Readmission Risk 41%

by Sara Heath

Healthcare organizations may consider implementing text message patient outreach as part of their post-discharge patient engagement strategies, as the technology can yield a lower risk of 30-day...

Medically Tailored Meals Could Cut $13.6B, Avert Hospital Admissions

by Sara Heath

Medically tailored meals, a key tool in the push to address food insecurity and social determinants of health, could save the healthcare industry some $13.6 billion in costs from the payer perspective,...

Caregiver Engagement During Care Transition Cuts Hospital Readmission

by Sarai Rodriguez

Transitioning patients from one setting to another is an especially vulnerable time that can result in adverse effects. According to new data, caregiver engagement across healthcare transitions of...

Using Patient Engagement Apps to Reduce Hospital Readmissions

by Sara Heath

Back when Christopher Meckel, MD, an orthopedic surgeon with Monterey Spine & Joint was a resident, joint replacement surgery didn’t center the patient the way it does today. Most of the considerations happened inside the...

Family Caregiver Engagement Cuts Hospital Readmissions by 25%

by Sara Heath

Healthcare organizations that practice meaningful family caregiver engagement and integrate caregivers into the patient discharge process can reduce hospital readmissions by one-quarter, according to...