Complex Case Conferences Associated with Reduced Hospital Admissions for High-Risk Patients with Multiple Comorbidities
Author(s) -
Philip Tuso,
Heather Watson,
Lynn Garofalo-Wright,
Gail Lindsay,
Ana Jackson,
Maria T. Taitano,
Sandra Y. Koyama,
Michael H. Kanter
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
the permanente journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.445
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1552-5775
pISSN - 1552-5767
DOI - 10.7812/tpp/13-062
Subject(s) - medicine , psychological intervention , intervention (counseling) , hospital readmission , health care , phone , emergency medicine , medline , disease , family medicine , medical emergency , nursing , linguistics , philosophy , pathology , political science , law , economics , economic growth
Reducing avoidable hospital readmissions presents an opportunity to improve health care quality and reduce avoidable costs. We studied the effect person-focused care may have on reducing avoidable admissions to the hospital.
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