Using Telehealth to Reduce All-Cause 30-Day Hospital Readmissions among Heart Failure Patients Receiv- ing Skilled Home Health Services
Using Telehealth to Reduce All-Cause 30-Day Hospital Readmissions among Heart Failure Patients Receiv- ing Skilled Home Health Services
10 Pages238 © Schattauer 2016 Using Telehealth to Reduce All-Cause 30-Day Hospital Readmissions among Heart Failure Patients Receiv- ing Skilled Home Health Services Melissa O’Connor 1,2 ; Usavadee Asdornwised 3 ; Mary Louise Dempsey 4 ; Ann Huffenberger 4 ; Sandra Jost 1 ; Danielle Flynn 1 ; Anne Norris 5 1 Penn Care at Home, University of Pennsylvania Health System; 2 Villanova University, College of Nursing; 3 Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand; 4 PENN E-LERT ® Telemedicine Program, University of Pennsylvania Health System; 5 Infectious Diseases Division, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine Keywords Telehealth, hospital readmission, hospitalization, heart failure, home health Summary Background: The reduction of all-cause hospital readmissi
