AMC Hospital

Amit Bishnoi 72 months ago

Reducing hospital readmissions.According to Becker’s Infection Control and Clinical Quality, some things you can do to reduce hospital readmission rates include identifying and targeting at-risk patient populations, participating in incentive programs with payers, joining a readmission-prevention collaborative, ensuring adequate nursing staffing during in-patient care, providing clear discharge instructions and improving transitions of care.Dealing with superbugs. If you don’t already have a policy on preventing the spread of antibiotic-resistant organisms, you might want to think about developing one. Your policy should include surveillance strategies and the use of hand hygiene, standard precautions and contact precautions. Prescribing practices should also be addressed in your superbug policies.Improving transitions of care. The Joint Commission has developed a guide for improving care transitions. Strategies in the guide include communication, collaboration and coordination among caregivers; ensuring clinician involvement and shared accountability; comprehensive planning and risk assessment throughout hospital stays; using standardized care transition plans, procedures and forms; staff education and post-discharge follow-up.