Improving Transitions of Care (DC)
Improving coordination of healthcare, communication and patient/caregiver knowledge by fostering community-based coalitions, teamwork and patient-centered care.
Reducing Preventable Hospital Readmissions in Communities Across the District
Avoidable hospital readmissions place a physical and emotional burden on patients and their families. They also drain the Medicare Trust Fund an estimated $12 billion annually. Soon, they will create a financial liability for hospitals that accept Medicare payment.
Approximately one in five Medicare beneficiaries is re-hospitalized within 30 days of discharge, in part because 64 percent of them received no post-acute care between discharge and readmission. Not surprisingly, a growing number of healthcare providers and patient advocates are focusing increased attention on improving transitions of care following discharge, be it to the patient’s home, a nursing home, home health agency, or other community-based facility.
AQIN-DC partners with healthcare professionals from all provider settings as well as patients/patient advocates and interested stakeholders to improve the quality of care for Medicare beneficiaries who transition across care settings.
AQIN-DC staff are also available to consult with community care transitions organizations/coalitions who are interested in applying for federal funding to support their efforts.
Provider Tools and Resources
Recordings
AQIN Webinar: The Imperative for Cross-Setting Coordination of Care
January 25, 2018
This educational webinar program sponsored by the Atlantic Quality Innovation Network (AQIN) of NY, SC and DC provides an overview of cross-setting care management as an increasingly important activity in the current healthcare environment. The following experts and leaders from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) 11th Scope of Work Coordination of Care and Medication Safety Tasks provide insight into the national perspective on care transitions, preventable readmissions, medication management and the importance of healthcare provider and community stakeholder participation in this work.
Traci Archibald,
OTR/L, MBA / Director, Division of ESRD, Population and Community Health
CMS / Quality Improvement and Innovation Group
Anita Thomas, Pharm.D.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
CMS / Center for Clinical Standards and Quality
Quality Improvement and Innovation Group/DBHIS
Jane Brock, MD, MSPH / Clinical Director
Telligen/ Quality Innovation Network-National Coordinating Center
Rachel Digmann, Pharm.D, BCPS / Medication Safety & Program Lead
Telligen / Quality Innovation Network-National Coordinating Center
For a copy of the presentation slides, please email Janet Jones at jonesj3@Qlarant.com
Initiatives
- Cardiovascular Health
- Care Coordination
- Community Based Sepsis
- Diabetes Self-Management
- Drug Safety
- Immunization
- MAPPP
- Nursing Home Quality
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- Nursing Home Quality (NY)
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- QAPI Self-Assessment
- CASPER Data
- Eliminating Inappropriate Antipsychotic Medication Use
- Clinical Quality Measures (QM)
- Composite Measure Score
- NHQCC Collaborative I Kick-Off
- NHQCC Collaborative I Outcomes Congress
- QI/QAPI
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- Using a System's Approach to Quality & Performance Improvement
- Nursing Home Quality Care Collaborative (NHQCC) Learning
- Engaging Staff in Individualized Care
- QAPI Self-Assessment and Related Resources
- QAPI In Action
- Quality Improvement (QI) Resources
- Quality Improvement Strategies
- Steps to QAPI
- Elements for Framing QAPI in Nursing Homes
- Clinical Topics
- Resources
- Consumers
- Nursing Home Quality (DC)
- Nursing Home Quality (SC)
- Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship
- Quality Payment Program
- Transforming End of Life
Contact Us
District of Columbia
Janet Jones, Project Manager
443-741-4076
jonesj3@qlarant.com