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Reducing The Postpartum Readmission Rate With Standardized Discharge Teaching, Darlene Day-Herzog
Reducing The Postpartum Readmission Rate With Standardized Discharge Teaching, Darlene Day-Herzog
Master's Projects and Capstones
Problem: Hospital readmission rates are one of the quality metrics that matter for hospital reimbursements. In a large Northern California healthcare system, the postpartum readmission rate is often above the national average.
Context: The hospital designated as the main location for high-risk deliveries within a 30-mile radius has an Acute Care Obstetric postpartum population where twenty percent of the patients are at an increased risk for readmission.
Interventions: The project implemented the use of a standardized discharge teaching script and educational materials to be used by nursing staff throughout the patient’s hospital stay to see if multimodal standardization leads to …