Name
#186 - Reducing Readmissions at VA White River Junction Healthcare System
Date & Time
Monday, February 12, 2024, 12:00 PM
Speakers
Description
At White River Junction VA Medical Center during FY 2020, All Cause Readmission rate was 11.5%, which was higher than the 11% VA average for level 2 medium complexity facilities. Further drill down has identified that 68.2% of patients readmitted to General (Acute Medicine) specialty were ages 60-79 years, identifying our scoped area of concern.
Location Name
Prince Georges Exhibit Hall A/B
Content Presented on Behalf of
VHA/VA
Learning Outcomes
Following this session, the attendee will be able to:
1. Verbalize the purpose of the new transitional care manager role and discuss role responsibilities.
2. Describe the change in discharge instructions and discuss how this serves to transition the patient seamlessly from inpatient to outpatient status.
3. Summarize the cost savings benefit of new workflows and the impact on decreasing readmissions on Veterans to General Medicine in the 60-79 year age range.
1. Verbalize the purpose of the new transitional care manager role and discuss role responsibilities.
2. Describe the change in discharge instructions and discuss how this serves to transition the patient seamlessly from inpatient to outpatient status.
3. Summarize the cost savings benefit of new workflows and the impact on decreasing readmissions on Veterans to General Medicine in the 60-79 year age range.
Session Type
Posters
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