Each year, approximately 16% of patients in United States hospitals are readmitted within 30 days of discharge. Readmissions and the additional treatments they entail are costly to both patients and insurers. Increasingly, they are costly to hospitals as well. A portion of readmissions are considered unavoidable, such as planned readmission for chemotherapy, or an unexpected adverse event unrelated to the original diagnosis. However, many other readmissions are considered preventable through high-quality clinical care and effective patient education and discharge procedures. WHITE PAPER: REDUCING READMISSIONS PAGE 01 White Paper: Reducing Readmissions How a Post-Discharge Phone Call Reduces Hospital Readmissions Contents How a Post-Discharge Phone Call Reduces Hospital Readmissions The F

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