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Reducing Inpatient Readmissions Through Early Follow-Up Appointment Planning: A Quality Improvement Project, Isabella Cuenco
Reducing Inpatient Readmissions Through Early Follow-Up Appointment Planning: A Quality Improvement Project, Isabella Cuenco
Master's Projects and Capstones
Problem: Inpatient readmissions have a highly negative impact on healthcare systems. Not only do these hospitalizations have a detrimental effect on patient outcomes they also are accompanied by a prohibitive financial burden to the hospitals.
Context: Follow-up appointment with a primary care provider after discharge has been demonstrated as a viable strategy to reduce the risk of readmissions.
Interventions: Create a volunteer program to schedule patient appointments with a primary care provider within seven days of discharge.
Measures and Results: Compare the number of patients that were discharged with a follow-up appointment after the intervention to before the intervention, and …