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Use Your Therapists To Reduce Hospital Readmissions

Published on Tue Oct 20, 2009

Patient education is just as important as your therapists' education. With your patient outcomes and even survey results on the line, curbing hospital readmissions should be at the top of your to-do list. And with pay for performance expected around the corner, reducing readmits will become even more crucial. Your team of therapists can help your home health agency be the exception to the rule with the right tools, industry experts say. Know Your Biggest Risk Stats Your HHA should be keeping track of its top reasons for readmissions and target those in staff training. For example, Amedisys Inc., an HHA chain based in Baton Rouge, La., found that falls were one of its biggest culprits for hospital readmissions. "So we've had a big push in the company to identify fall risk factors, educate the community and our personnel, and follow up with focused interventions," says therapist Kim Marryott Lee, [...]
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