• Home healthcare nurse · Oct 2011

    Preventing avoidable hospitalizations.

    • Donna Berry, Diane M Costanzo, Brenda Elliott, Andrew Miller, Judith L Miller, Patricia Quackenbush, and Ya-Ping Su.
    • Department of Post-Acute Services at Virtua Home Care-Community Nursing Services, Virtua Health Network, Marlton, New Jersey, USA.
    • Home Healthc Nurse. 2011 Oct 1;29(9):540-9.

    AbstractTo reduce avoidable hospital readmissions and improve transitions between healthcare settings, Virtua Home Care implemented a Transitions of Care Program based on the Transitional Care Model developed at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing. Home care nurses were educated to be transitional care nurses and provided intensive education and follow-up for patients with chronic diseases who were identified as having a high risk of readmission. This program, which provides services to patients enrolled in fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare and who are eligible to receive the home health benefit, has successfully reduced hospital readmissions. This article describes Virtua Home Care's journey in adapting and implementing an evidence-based care transitions model.

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