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Patricia Donovan
Voice: 732.528.4468
Fax: 732.292.3073
E-mail: pdonovan@hin.com
Web site: www.hin.com

Care Transition Programs Can Greatly Benefit Organizations

Over 80 percent of healthcare respondents have created programs to improve care transitions in their organizations.

July 7, 2009

MANASQUAN, NJ, USA —A patient may experience several care transitions between healthcare providers and healthcare settings as their conditions and care needs change during the course of a chronic or acute illness. According to "Care Transitions Across Sites: Closing Gaps in Healthcare Settings," a complimentary downloadable HIN white paper, more than 80 percent of survey respondents have implemented care transition programs into their organizations to improve current transitions. The white paper summarizes a new survey in which nearly 100 healthcare organizations described their efforts in closing care gaps in their organizations.

Download this white paper on care transitions.

NEWS FACTS:

HIN’s white paper, "Care Transitions Across Sites: Closing Gaps in Healthcare Settings," summarizes responses from health plans, hospitals, physician practices and others on:

Impact of care transitions;

Populations most likely to benefit from care transition programs;

Coordinating care transitions;

Integration and frequency of home visits in care transition efforts;

Measuring the outcomes and effects of care transition programs;

And much more!

QUOTE ATTRIBUTABLE TO MELANIE MATTHEWS, HIN EXECUTIVE VP AND COO:

Click here for Melanie Matthews's profile.

"Closing gaps in patient care by better planning patient care transitions can have a significant effect on health outcomes, as well as reduce costs and readmission rates. With a focus by public and private payors on the reduction of hospital readmissions for Medicare patients, this HIN white paper offers useful guidelines to improve care transitions."

Please contact Patricia Donovan to arrange an interview or to obtain additional quotes.

About the Healthcare Intelligence Network — HIN is the premier advisory service for executives seeking high-quality strategic information on the business of healthcare. For more information, contact the Healthcare Intelligence Network, PO Box 1442, Wall Township, NJ 07719-1442, (888) 446-3530, fax (732) 292-3073, e-mail info@hin.com, or visit http://www.hin.com.

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