Med Monthly March 2012

Page 10

research & technology

Health IT Aspires to Reduce Readmissions Researchers aim to utilize health informantics to improve outpatient care given after hospital release By Marla Broadfoot 10 | MARCH 2012

E

fforts to keep recently discharged patients from returning for another hospital stay could mean better health for patients and save hospitals millions of dollars. Hospital readmission is a nationwide problem as one out of every five Medicare


Issuu converts static files into: digital portfolios, online yearbooks, online catalogs, digital photo albums and more. Sign up and create your flipbook.