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The most recent Project RED tool — Tool 7: Understanding and Enhancing the Role of Family Caregivers in the Re-Engineered Discharge — was highlighted in the Care Alliance Ireland Exchange – Summer 2014 Newsletter (page 16).
Click here to download the Newsletter
Now available, the new resource titled Hospital Guide to Reducing Medicaid Readmissions
Medicaid readmission reduction efforts. It helps identify readmission risks, transitional care needs, and adapt best practices from proven strategies like AHRQ’s Re-Engineered Discharge, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s State Action on Avoidable Readmissions, and the Society of Hospital Medicine’s Better Outcomes for Older Adults Safe Transitions to serve the transitional care requirements of Medicaid patients. Hospitals at different stages of readmission reduction work can benefit from implementing this guide.
August 2014
How depression affects readmissions: Even mild symptoms make patients a higher readmission risk
Today's Hospitalist
By Phillis Maguire
August 2014
BMC Releases Update to Project RED
America’s Essential Hospitals
By Matthew Buechner
June 6, 2014
Taking a cue from Big Brother: A hospital tool for long-term care providers
McKnight’s
By James M. Berklan
June 04, 2014
RED demonstrated to greatly improve Press Ganey discharge Scores (paper now in press)
Brian Jack MD elected to the Institute of Medicine
October 21, 2013
Announcing new chapter in the RED toolkit: Understanding and Enhancing the Role of Family Caregivers in the Re-Engineered Discharge written by Carol Levine and Jennifer Rutberg of the United Hospital Fund and Brian Jack MD and Ramon Cancino MD of Boston University School of Medicine.
Patient activation level affects likelihood of 30-day rehospitalization: Patient Safety and Quality of Care
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
March 2014
The Computer Will See You Now
Boston University 2013 Annual Report
Project RED wins the 2013 Peter F. Drucker Award for Nonprofit Innovation
BU Today
By Leslie Friday
October 2, 2013
How an Avatar Nurse Can Help Health Care Handoffs
Dallas Business Journal
By Bill Hethcock
September 20, 2013
Health Care Leaders Think Big on a Small Budget
BU Today
By Leslie Friday
September 19, 2013
Readmission Rate 13% After Major Surgery
MedPage Today
By Michael Smith
September 18, 2013
There has been a wide range of coverage about the release of the newly expanded RED toolkit, which we released on March 13. A summary of the article has appeared on web sites and trade publications, such as Modern Healthcare, AHA News, American Medical Informatics Association (under Public Policy Updates), National Network of Libraries of Medicine, North Dakota Hospital Association, Smart Brief, Wisconsin Office of Rural Health. Additionally, there were 10 re-tweets about the toolkit.
AHRQ Releases Updated Toolkit to Improve Discharge Process
AHA News
March 27, 2013
AHRQ funding eliminated in House subcommittee vote
HealthCareFinanceNew.com
By Erin McCann, Contributing Editor
July 19, 2012
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"One of the most invaluable of AHRQ's initiatives is Project RED (Re-Engineered Hospital Discharge), a randomized control trial developed at Boston Medical Center that re-engineered workflows and reduced preventable patient readmissions. Hospital readmissions are a big issue for all American healthcare. Project RED could save American taxpayers billions of dollars in years. That's the kind of work AHRQ does, and that's the kind of work we need today."
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Meet George Jetson, M.D.
The Wall Street Journal
By Geoff Nairn
April 16, 2012
The Challenge: Improve Post-Discharge Follow-Up
Pharmacy Practice News
By George Ochoa
April 2012 | Volume 39
Researchers Find Men More Likely to be Readmitted to the Hospital within 30 Days of Discharge
Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have found that men are more likely to be readmitted to the hospital within 30 days of original discharge as compared to women. The findings, which appear in an upcoming/currently online issue of BMJ Open, may lead to interventions that promote connecting men to primary care resources, addressing social isolation and screening for depressive symptoms. Read full press release (PDF)
Project RED Takes Aim at the Blues -
New Study Aims to Reduce Hospital Readmission Rates among Patients with Depression
Boston Medical Center, Office of Development
March 2012
What You Should Know Before You Leave the Hospital, adapted from text from AHRQ's effort to prevent hospital re-admissions
Healthy Roads Media
March 2012
AHRQ distributes Free Brochures Based on Project RED
In support of Patient Safety Awareness Week (March 4–10), the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) offers a bilingual guide that can help hospitals reduce their readmission rates by better preparing patients for self-care and follow-up appo
intments before they leave the hospital. The guide—Taking Care of Myself: A Guide for When I Leave the Hospital/Cómo cuidarme: Guía para cuando salga del hospital—is available as a printed document or fillable PDF that clinicians can complete in the hospital and share with patients before they leave. The guide is adapted from Project RED (Re-Engineered Discharge), which was funded by AHRQ and developed by Brian Jack, M.D., and colleagues at Boston University Medical Center.
Click for a copy of the guide: English | Spanish
Podcast Healthcare 411
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has distributed a podcast (called Healthcare 411) on Project RED to more than 1,700 radio stations across the nation.
Healthcare 411 home page (the podcast is featured on the left side of the page under "Latest Podcast"):
healthcare411.ahrq.gov
Podcast:
healthcare411.ahrq.gov/radiocastseg.aspx?id=1262&type=seg
HRQ resource program to assist hospitals in reducing unnecessary readmissions
AHRQ.gov
March 2012
Florida Collaborative Leads Charge in Reducing Readmissions
Hospitals and Health Networks
By Jennifer Hicks
December 2011
PDF version
Local hospitals take part in new program
Daily Local News
December 22, 2011
Medicare may penalize hospitals that readmit too many patients
The Washington Post
By Ranit Mishori
December 12, 2011
P.A.V.E. Project Status Report (PowerPoint)
The Health Care Improvement Foundation and Partnership for Patient Care
November 16, 2011
It Takes a Village
The Hospitalist
By Larry Beresford
July 2011
Project RED mentioned in BMC Brief, "Happy Birthday, Boston Medical Center"
The BMC Brief
Volume 1, Issue 4
July 1, 2011
Don't Come Back, Hospitals Say
Hospitals push to reduce the 4.4 million preventable hospital re-admissions a year.
The Wall Street Journal
By Laura Landro
June 7, 2011
Closing the Revolving Door of Hospital Readmissions
The Wall Street Journal Health Blog
By Laura Landro
June 7, 2011
Re-engineered discharge project dramatically reduces return trips to the hospital
Research Activities Online Newsletter
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, No. 367
March 2011
Virtual Discharge Assistant Cuts Readmissions, Costs
HealthLeaders Media
By Rebecca Hendren
March 8, 2011
Nurse Staffing, Patient Mortality, And a Lady Named Louise
The Health Care Blog
By Bob Wachter
March 23, 2011
Re-engineered discharge project dramatically reduces return trips to the hospital
AHRQ.gov
March 2011
Illionois Project RED (PDF)
Illinois Hospital Association
March 7, 2011
Many Americans have poor health literacy
The Washington Post
Sandra G. Broodman
Kaiser Health News
February 28, 2011
State Will Stop Paying for Some Hospital Readmissions
Story by Martha Bebinger for WBUR.org featuring an interview with Dr. Brian Jack.
February 8, 2011
CommonHealth: Meet Louise, Your (Electronic) Discharge Nurse
Reducing Hospital Readmissions With Enhanced Patient Education
Krames Patient Education
December 2010
Change You Should Believe In
The Hospitalist
Larry Beresford
July 2010
Re-engineering the discharge process to reduce readmissions
Press Ganey
Barbara Kirchheimer
June 22, 2010
Back in the hospital again
Boston Globe
Karen Weintraub
June 21, 2010
Strategies shared to reduce hospital readmissions
Philadelphia Business Today
Josh Goldstein
May 26, 2010
BMC licenses tool to lower hospital readmission rates
White Coat Notes
Elizabeth Cooney
March 16, 2010
French National TV 2 Visits BMC for an Interview about Project RED and Louise
Secretary of HHS Kathleen Sebelius Meets Louise at the AHRQ Offices in Washington D.C. as Carolyn Clancy MD, Director of AHRQ, Looks On
Standardized Discharge Planning Focusing on Patient Education and Care Coordination Increases Understanding of Postdischarge Needs and Likelihood of Followup Care
AHRQ Health Care Innovations Exchange
April 2010
Boston Medical Center partners with Engineered Care to reduce hospital readmissions
EurekAlert
March 16, 2010
Reducing Readmission: Are Quality Payments a Carrot or Stick?
HealthLeaders Media
Janice Simmons
January 28, 2010
Health Care Leader Action Guide to Reduce Avoidable Readmissions
The Commonweath Fund
January 25, 2010
Guide (PDF 665 KB)
HealthLeaders magazine has selected Brian Jack, MD to their “People Who Make Healthcare Better” list for 2009.
Homeward Bound: Nine Patient-Centered Programs Cut Readmissions
California Healthcare Foundation (CHCF)
September 2009
(PDF 694 KB - Project RED is outlined on page 12)
Bundle Payments: Brilliant Idea or Boondoggle? (PDF )
American College of Physician Executives: Payment Reform
July/August 2009
How to Save a Bundle on Hospital Readmissions
Managed Care
July 2009
(Project RED is mentioned on page 23)
Project RED: Nurse Discharge Advocates Reduce Readmissions
Nursezone
Debra Wood, RN
July 2009
Taking a bite out of readmissions: Researchers identify strategies to streamline discharges
Today's Hospitalist
June 2009
Project RED reduces rehospitalization rates
Briefings on Patient Safety
June 1, 2009
Study shows readmissions drop when patients understand discharge instructions
HOSPITAL CASE MANAGEMENT ™
May 2009
(PDF 233 KB - Project RED is featured on pages 71-73)
Virtual Patient Advocate Could Enhance Health Literacy
Health Leaders Media
April 29, 2009
1 in 5 Medicare Patients Readmitted Within a Month
InteliHealth Inc
April 2, 2009
Payers Benefit When Hospitals Issue Improved Discharge Orders
High quality post-hospital orders can cut readmissions by 30 percent. Medical administrators may soon insist on it.
Managed Care
February 2009
What You Should Bring Home From the Hospital
The Washington Post
Tuesday, March 17, 2009; Page HE02
Educating Patients Before They Leave the Hospital Reduces Readmissions, Emergency Department Visits and Saves Money (PDF)
CMHS CONSUMER AFFAIRS E-NEWS
MARCH 11, 2009
Project RED: The reengineered hospital discharge program
Boston Globe Online On Call
Discharge Protocol Cuts Readmissions (PDF)
Family Practice News
Volume 39 No 3
Pharmacist Follow-Up Helps Cut Hospital Readmissions, ER Use
American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
Preventing Bounce-Back Hospital Admissions
Journal Watch Hospital Medicine
February 2, 2009
Educating Patients Before They Leave the Hospital Reduces Readmissions, Emergency Department...
Forbes [via PRNewswire]
January 29, 2009
Help for patients leaving the hospital can keep them from coming back
White Coat Notes
February 2, 2009
Researchers design re-engineered hospital discharge program to reduce rehospitalization
Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News
Better Information Helps Patients When They Leave the Hospital
Navigating the Health Care System: Advice Columns from Dr. Carolyn Clancy
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD
December 2, 2008
Standardized Discharge Planning Focusing on Patient Education and Care Coordination Increases Understanding of Postdischarge Needs and Likelihood of Follow-Up Care
Innovations Exchange
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD
Implementing Lifelike Animation: Boston Medical Center implements computerized workstation to converse with patients
Advance for Nurses
Vol. 8 Issue 5 Page 17
Drug Counseling at Discharge Can Prevent Rehospitalization
Pharmacy Practice News
January 2008 Vol. 35
Good night, nurse! BMC tests virtual RN for discharges
Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology
December 17, 2007
Whose job is it anyway? Strategies to take ownership of the discharge process
Even the best-laid discharge plans fail when details fall through the cracks
Today's Hospitalist
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