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Publications and Abstracts
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The following publications are PDFs and can be downloaded by clicking the titles (excluding those that are currently in press). You will need Acrobat Reader to view.

A Reengineered Hospital Discharge Program to Decrease Rehospitalization: A Randomized Trial. (190 KB)
A Reengineered Hospital Discharge Program to Decrease Rehospitalization: A Randomized Trial. Jack BW, Chetty VK, Anthony D, Greenwald JL, Burniske GM, Johnson AE, Forsythe SR, O’Donnell JK, Paasche-Orlow MK, Manasseh C, Martin S, Culpepper L. Annals of Internal Medicine.

Taking the Time to Care: Empowering Low Literacy Hospital Patients with Virtual Nurse Agents (PDF 262 KB)
Bickmore T, Pfeifer L, Jack B.

Preventing the preventable: Reducing rehospitalizations through coordinated, patient-centered discharge processes.
Greenwald J, Jack B. Preventing the preventable:  Reducing rehospitalizations through coordinated, patient-centered discharge processes. Professional Case Management: The Leader in Evidence-Based Practice. In press.

Developing the Tools to Administer a Comprehensive Hospital Discharge Program: The ReEngineered Discharge (RED) Program. (151 KB)
Brian Jack, MD; Jeffrey Greenwald, MD; Shaula Forsythe; Julie O'Donnell; Anna Johnson; Lynn Schipelliti, RN; Mary Goodwin, RN; Gail M. Burniske, PharmD, BCPS; Caroline Hesko; Michael Paasche-Orlow, MD, MPH; Christopher Manasseh, MD; David Anthony, MD, MSc; Stephen Martin, MD, MEd; Lindsey Hollister; Margaret Jack; Vimal Jhaveri; Kevin Casey MPH; V.K. Chetty PhD. In, Henriksen K, Battles JB, Keyes MA, Grady ML, editors. Advances in patient safety: New directions and alternative approaches. Vol. 3. Performance and Tools. AHRQ Publication No. 08-0034-3. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; August 2008.

Re-engineering the hospital discharge: an example of a multifaceted process evaluation (2.88 MB)
Anthony D, Chetty VK, Kartha A, McKenna K, Rizzo DePaoli M, Jack B. Re-engineering the hospital discharge: an example of a multifaceted process evaluation. In: Henriksen K, Battles JB, Marks ES, Lewin DI, editors. Advances in patients safety: from research to implementation. Vol. 2, Concepts and methodology. AHRQ Publication No. 05-0021-2. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; Feb 2005.

The hospital discharge: a review of a high risk care transition with highlights of a reengineered discharge process (2.69 MB)
Greenwald JL, Denham, CR, Jack BW. The hospital discharge: a review of a high risk care transition with highlights of a reengineered discharge process. Journal of Patient Safety. 2007;3(2):97-106.

Depression is a risk factor for rehospitalization in medical inpatients (367 KB)
Kartha A, Anthony D, Manasseh CS, Greenwald JL, Chetty VK, Burgess JF, Culpepper L, Jack BW. Depression is a risk factor for rehospitalization in medical inpatients. Primary Care Companion Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. 2007;9(4):256-262.

Understanding rehospitalization risk: can the hospital discharge be modified to impact recurrent hospitalization (2.13 MB)
Strunin L, Stone M, Jack B. Understanding rehospitalization risk: can the hospital discharge be modified to impact recurrent hospitalization. Journal of Hospital Medicine. In Press.

Posters
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Impact of pharmacist follow-up telephone calls after intensive nurse-based patient education upon hospital discharge
Burniske G, PharmD, BCPS, O’Donnell J, BA, Chetty VK, PhD, Schipelliti L, RN, Goodwin M, RN, Johnson A, BA, Anthony D, MD, MSc, Greenwald JL, MD, Manasseh C, MD, Martin S, MD, MEd, Paasche-Orlow M, MD, MPH, Casey K, MPH, Forsythe S, BS, Jack B, MD. Impact of pharmacist follow-up telephone calls after intensive nurse-based patient education upon hospital discharge, poster accepted for presentation at the American College of Clinical Pharmacy 2007 Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado, October, 2007.

A clinical prediction model for hospital readmissions
Chetty VK, O’Donnell J, Anthony D, Johnson A, Greenwald J, Paasche-Orlow M, Manasseh C, Burniske G, Casey K, Jack B. A clinical prediction model for hospital readmissions, poster presented at North American Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG) Conference, Tucson, Arizona, October, 2006.

Risk score to predict readmission after discharge
Forsythe S , Chetty VK, Ph.D, Anthony D, M.D., Johnson A, Greenwald J, M.D., Paasche-Orlow M, M.D., Manasseh C, M.D., Burniske G, Pharm.D., Casey K, Jack B. Risk score to predict readmission after discharge, poster presented at North American Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG) Conference, Tucson, Arizona, October, 2006.

Effect of the Re-Engineered Discharge program on satisfaction after hospitalization for patients with limited health literacy
Paasche-Orlow MK, Chetty VK, O’Donnell J, Anthony D, Johnson A, Greenwald J, Manasseh C, Burniske G, Casey K, Jack B. Effect of the Re-Engineered Discharge program on satisfaction after hospitalization for patients with limited health literacy, poster presented at the Society of General Internal Medicine Conference, Toronto, ON, Canada, April, 2007.

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