Solving the Hospital Readmissions Problem

One of the most interesting things I wrote about thanks to the HIMSS conference was what I called the real cause of hospital readmissions. I’m still interested in working with more hospitals to verify the data that’s presented in that blog post, but I’ll be surprised if it doesn’t play out as an important finding when it comes to reducing hospital readmissions. In the post, I probably was a little aggressive in my statements about how the hospital can reduce readmissions through their own actions versus depending on home health, primary care doctors, or post-acute care providers. The good news is that my great readers always hold me accountable when I step too far over the line. In this case, Richard D. Tomlinson, RN, BSME, CMUP and Founder & CEO of Nuclei Health Consultancy, offered up a deeper perspective on the complexities associated with solving the hospital readmission problem. I would like to take a moment to provide some perspective relative to your blog post today. Hospital readmissions are, of course, clinically complex at times. In actuality, the risk for readmission can be influenced/increased due to lack of or missed opportunity for interventions prior to patient discharge. Effective quality measures, and robust analytics, with effective data feedback and clinical governance, can be deployed as components to an overall readmission reduction strategy; more on that later. When we discuss readmissions we must consider the fact every c...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - Category: Technology Consultants Authors: Tags: Healthcare HealthCare IT HIMSS HIMSS14 Hospital Readmissions Nuclei Health Consultancy Reducing Hospital Readmissions Richard D. Tomlinson Source Type: blogs