Avoidable Readmissions
Avoidable Readmissions
Hospital readmissions are disruptive to patients and costly to healthcare systems. Unnecessary return to hospitals shortly after discharge has been increasingly perceived as a marker of the quality of care that patients receive during hospital admission.
Hospital readmissions are frequent, harmful and costly - 18% of Medicare patients, totaling over 2.3 million patients annually, are rehospitalized within 30 days after discharge, incurring an annual cost of $17 billion, which constitutes nearly 20 % of Medicare’s total payment.
However, it is reported by the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) that about 75 % of such readmissions can and should be avoided.
Hospital readmissions are frequent, harmful and costly - 18% of Medicare patients, totaling over 2.3 million patients annually, are rehospitalized within 30 days after discharge, incurring an annual cost of $17 billion, which constitutes nearly 20 % of Medicare’s total payment.
However, it is reported by the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) that about 75 % of such readmissions can and should be avoided.
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SafeCare Applied Intelligence™
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Artificial intelligence (AI) software offering predictive insights to aid proactive real-time decision support and target opportunities to cut avoidable readmissions.
Using electronic medical records to share information and provide continuity of care Focusing on better coordination of care and communications between providers, and patients and their caregivers Improving discharge planning, education and follow-up for discharged patients |
