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Checklist for Checkout (PDF 168 KB)
Modern Healthcare Magazine
Meghan Streit
February 8, 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)

How to Save a Bundle on Hospital Readmissions
Managed Care
July 2009
(Project RED is mentioned on page 23)

Bundle Payments: Brilliant Idea or Boondoggle? (PDF )
American College of Physician Executives: Payment Reform
July/August 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

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
October 2006