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Does the care process end once the patient leaves the facility? Is the definition of a doctor limited to the four walls where a patient rarely spends the 16th minute?
I could say without even thinking twice, the answer that would have come up in your mind is a clear ‘NO.’ We all can agree to this point that there has been a rise in the rate of hospital readmissions in the last few years. According to the report published by the United Health Foundation based on the source data from the Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care, the percentage of Medicare enrollees aged 65 and older who were readmitted within 30 days of hospital discharge was 14.8% in the year 2017, and is expected to rise to 14.9% by the end of year 2018.
Preventable hospital readmissions cost the American citizens billions of dollars every year. As we set our foot more firmly in the field of healthcare revolution, providers feel rising pressure on them to reduce costs and decrease unnecessary rehospitalizations…