Curbing hospital readmissions

The NY Times recently featured an insightful piece on reducing repeat hospital stays and the role played by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services toward this goal:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/01/health/01essay.html?emc=tnt&tntemail0=y

Discharge Planning Makes a Difference

Anecdotal update, worthy of a post: Mrs. J. (name has been protected) was so happy with the assistance she received from the Discharge Planner at Saint Francis Hospital in San Francisco. They set up all the services she needed to continue her recovery post surgery.

A Blueprint for Change

The Community Living Campaign has produced a very helpful report that aims to provide a "big picture" view of what's needed in improving hospital transitional care services, as well as to give each stakeholder or team in the process some specific recommendations. Click below to open or download the report in Word format:

A Blueprint for Change: Recommendations to Improve Transitional Care Services from Hospitals in San Francisco

Welcome

The goal of this blog is to provide useful information towards improving hospital discharge planning for elderly patients.