TRANSITIONS OF CARE: A PATH TO QUALITY OUTCOMES

Course overview

Nearly one in five Medicare beneficiaries discharged from the hospital is readmitted within 30 days of discharge at a cost of $26 billion a year. Three-quarters of those readmissions are considered potentially preventable. While not a new problem, the Affordable Care Act has provisions targeted at changing this long-standing problem that affects patient outcomes and increases healthcare system costs. This program will familiarize nurses with the concept of care transitions, ways to improve outcomes and decrease avoidable readmissions.