Care Transitions

14 QIOs Featured in JAMA Study on Reducing Hospital Readmissions

QIOs in 14 areas across the country demonstrate how a community-based approach to care coordination can reduce unnecessary readmissions, and even keep patients from needing acute-care in the first place.

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Collaborating to Improve Medication Reconciliation

Leaders from the American Pharmacists Association and American Society of Health System Pharmacists share perspectives on ongoing care transitions and medication reconciliation initiatives and the opportunities they present for collaboration with other providers. 

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QIOs in Action

 

CMS names five QIO Program National Coordinating Centers. Plus other news from CMS' national network of 53 QIOs.

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Integrating Care Through Collaboration, Assessment and Communication

Kenneth Aldridge, M.D., FACS, Vice President for Medical Affairs at DCH Health System in West Alabama, says leaders need to be involved in reducing avoidable readmissions. 

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QIOs in Action

A roundup of QIO, provider and partner accomplishments, recognitions and other noteworthy happenings.

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Dear Reader

An introduction from Jean Moody-Williams, R.N., MPP, Director, Quality Improvement Group, CMS Office of Clinical Standards and Quality.

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QIOs in Action

A roundup of QIO, provider and partner accomplishments, recognitions and other noteworthy happenings.

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In First Person

Help managing advanced heart disease meant that Judy Peraino could plan her wedding—and her mother was well enough to attend it.

Home Hospice Care That Makes the Best of Living for Patients and Caregivers
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Bringing Together the Community for Sustainable Reductions in Hospital Readmissions

Lessons learned from the Colorado QIO’s Care Transitions project include the importance of using a community-based approach.

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Quality Talk

Eric Coleman, M.D., M.P.H., creator of the Care Transitions InterventionSM, shares his insights on improving health quality for patients as they move from one setting of care to another.

Eric A. Coleman, M.D., M.P.H., Creator of the Care Transitions Intervention
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