Post-acute Care Collaboration Leads to Lower Readmission Rates at TriHealth
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Contributed by: Kate Gamble
Summary
TriHealth, a nonprofit health system in Ohio, has launched a post-acute care collaboration system designed to reduce patient readmission rates and enhance care coordination. Faced with a 25% readmission rate from skilled nursing facilities and a prolonged average patient stay of 25 days, TriHealth aimed to streamline patient monitoring post-discharge. The new PAC Management platform, developed by PointClickCare and integrated with TriHealth's Epic electronic health record system, facilitates real-time access to patient data, enabling care managers to focus on risk mitigation and improving patient outcomes by replacing outdated methods of communication.
