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January 22, 2013 | Story
Study by RWJF Clinical Scholars finds many patients visit emergency departments after discharge, revealing possible flaw in the way new federal incentive programs assess hospital care.
January 10, 2013 | Story
Phone calls from nurses reduce readmissions.
January 10, 2013 | News Release
A study in the current issue of Medical Care suggests that improving nurses’ work environment can help to reduce Medicare readmissions.
June 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Over the past decade, rates of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) hospitalizations for older Medicare patients have decreased.
October 2, 2012 | Story
Geriatrician Eric Coleman Credits RWJF Clinical Scholars Program's Focus on Becoming a 'Change Agent'
National Program
To strengthen the addiction treatment system's ability to successfully use process improvement techniques toward increasing patients' access to and retention in addiction treatment programs.
August 1, 2010 | Report
Aggregate findings from the assessment of current R/E/L data collection and use across Aligning Forces for Quality (AF4Q) Alliances, including recommendations for implementing the framework.
August 23, 2012 | Issue Brief/Infographic
AF4Q is working with nearly 300 hospitals in 16 communities to develop, test, implement, and spread quality improvement strategies.
June 4, 2008 | Video/Survey/Poll
In order to improve the process, a new role was created for a resource nurse and the traditional charge nurse role was eliminated.
Care About Your Care is a national conversation highlighting efforts to improve care transitions, reduce avoidable hospital readmissions, and lift overall quality of care.