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Goal and Learning Outcomes

Approximately 1 in 5 Medicare beneficiaries discharged from the hospital is readmitted within 30 days at a cost of $26 billion per year (CMS, 2017). Many of these readmissions may be preventable, representing an estimated $12 billion in Medicare spending (CMS, 2017). Readmissions negatively affect patient outcomes, waste taxpayer dollars, and increase healthcare system financial burdens. While this is not a new problem, the Affordable Care Act has provisions targeted at decreasing hospital readmission rates. One focus area is the transition of care between facilities or providers, or “care transitions.” This course presents concepts of “transitions of care” (or “care transitions”) to improve patient outcomes and decrease avoidable readmissions.

 

Course Authors

Accreditation Information

NURSES

In support of improving patient care, Relias LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, CEP#13791

 

CEBroker

Relias LLC reports to CEBroker for the following boards (Provider # 50-1489): Arkansas State Board Of Nursing, District Of Columbia Board Of Nursing, Florida Board Of Nursing, Georgia Board Of Nursing, New Mexico Board Of Nursing, South Carolina Board Of Nursing and  West Virginia Board Of Examiners For Registered Professional Nurses

 

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Disclosures

None of the planners/faculty, unless otherwise noted, for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.