Reducing Readmissions - Short Story
Reducing Readmissions Beyond the HospitalA 2013 MedPac report suggests that to reduce readmissions, policies must encourage hospitals to look beyond their walls and improve care coordination across providers and settings.Reducing avoidable readmissions vastly improves the patient experience and could achieve an estimated savings of $1 billion or more.
NQF is adding to its significant body of work on readmissions by evaluating relevant measures that can be used for accountability and public reporting for all populations and in all care settings.
The NQF All-Cause Admissions and Readmissions Measures project considers measures from applicable settings, such as skilled nursing facilities and inpatient rehabilitation facilities; unplanned admission-related measures from other settings (i.e., hospitalization for patients on dialysis); all-cause and condition specific admission measures; condition-specific readmissions measures; and measures examining length of stay.
The final report will be open for NQF Member voting September 10-24, 2014.
NQF All-Cause Admissions and Readmissions MeasuresMAP Pre-Rulemaking Report: 2013 Recommendations on Measures Under Consideration by HHSPatient Safety Collaboration ProjectMedPac Report to the Congress: Medicare and the Health Care Delivery Systemreadmissions@qualityforum.orgReducing Readmissions Beyond the HospitalNQF project reviews readmissions across all patients and
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