PATH ALONG Disconnect and Hospital Readmissions

The common theme in discussions regarding preventable hospital readmissions is the idea of a disconnect.  Disconnect speaks to how all the players fit together to create the health system experiences. 

The main reason that patients return to the hospital after discharge is that their health has deteriorated.  Discharged elders return to the hospital because they are scared and believe they need the help of another.

Hospitals seem to lack productive relationships with community organizations that could support the discharged elder in caring for themselves upon discharge.  The actual hospital discharge is void of a significant process that results in the elder being helped during recovery.

Payers (health insurance plans) want empty hospital beds.  Insurance plans can pay a medical provider for treatment at a much lower level when the visit occurs as an outpatient session.   Health insurance plans want recovery to occur in the community, out of the inpatient hospital setting.

Hospitals primary business is providing inpatient treatments and documenting the delivery of that care.   The fiscal end of a hospital business thrives when the beds are full and the revenue is flowing from the individuals health insurance plan. 

One can see that reducing hospital readmissions will contribute to empty hospital beds.  Proactive hospital providers are remodeling inpatient space to accomidate an outpatient delivery of medical treatments.

The performed outpatient treatments will be chosen for the higher margin of profit they can produce.   This is a replacement revenue stream initiated to compensate for the expected loss of inpatient stays.

Wisconsin's PATH ALONG model helps seniors during the hospital stay and with outpatient treatment visits.   PATH ALONG is a strong arm of Home Care Path (www.homecarepath.com) a community based organization commited to performing a service that supports the changing needs of an older population.

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Listed under iFrame on the PATH ALONG App is secret information describing how a consumer can best manage the transitions involved with a hospital stay.

PATH ALONG saves the patient from reacting to the varied hospital departments simultaneous operations and keeps the focus on pragmatic aspects present in all favorable outcomes of recovery.

The information on the PATH ALONG App adds predictable structure (PATH ALONG condensed under iFrame) to a changing flow respecting personal preference and supports an internal locus of control.

Documentation and delivery of care remain the core functions of a hospitalization.  Using the information on the PATH ALONG App to more effectively engage inpatient staff can improve quality and facilitate a readmission free recovery.

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App Reduces Hospital Readmission Rates Free

Wisconsin's PATH ALONG App is the newest, hottest way to reduce hospital readmission rates. 

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Listed under iFrame on the PATH ALONG App is secret information describing how a consumer can best manage the transitions involved with a hospital stay.  PATH ALONG saves the patient from reacting to the varied hospital departments simultaneous operations and keeps the focus on pragmatic aspects present in all favorable outcomes of recovery.

The information on the PATH ALONG App adds predictable structure (PATH ALONG condensed under iFrame) to a changing flow respecting personal preference and supports an internal locus of control.

Documentation and delivery of care remain the core functions of a hospitalization.  Using the information on the PATH ALONG App to more effectively engage inpatient staff can improve quality and facilitate a readmission free recovery.

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PATH ALONG Care Transition Includes Supportive Care

Wisconsin's PATH ALONG model is unique in the inclusion of the supportive care aspect of an inpatients needs.  PATH ALONG is an original model that connects inpatient providers to community staff who support the patient during health system transitions. PATH ALONG is a design that reduces hospital readmission rates.

In the hospital setting a patient will receive the help of varied departments who share the suportive care aspect of the persons ongoing needs.

1.  A hospital nurse aide will help the senior with bathing, dressing, scheduled toileting, medication reminders, transfers, ambulation, hair care, oral care, and more.

2. A hospital dietary assistant will help with meal selection, preperation, serving, feeding, frequent fluids, washing dishes, and between meal snacks.

3. A hospital housekeeper will help with cleaning table tops, arranging furniture, taking garbage out, plant care, cleaning the bathroom, helping with messy spills and accidents.

Hospital discharge planners are challenged to determine the amount of supportive care needed to keep the senior safe once they exit the hospital setting.  Some hospital staff struggle with the referral for supportive care knowing it is private pay.   Long term care insurance is a privately paid plan that would help with in home supportive care needs.  Family Care and the Wisconsin Partnership Program are public plans that would help with in home supportive care needs.

Home Care Path  (www.homecarepath.com) is a supportive care organization that provides service through private pay,  long term care insurance, and contracts on an individual basis with (CMO) Care Management Organizations that are State of Wisconsin authorized to work with Medical Assistance.

The PATH ALONG model works with south central Wisconsin hospital emergency departments to facilitate a rapid supportive care connection.  This is most important when an elder is seen in the emergency room and the provider is considering an outpatient observational stay that may result in the senior privately paying for the hospitalization.  The emergency department staff is hesitant to send the elder home alone but they do not meet the required hospital admission assessment criteria.  If the senior stays over night in the hospital as an outpatient on observational status, a Medicare audtitor in a future review may deem the stay unnecessary and deny payment.  The hospital claims department then sends the bill for the stay to the senior who really does not understand what just happened. 

A hospital emergency department  collaborating with the PATH ALONG model could send the senior home with supportive care.  The staff would provide a close connection to the emergency room department, quickly returning to the facility should the seniors condition worsen.    This is an advanced delivery of a supportive care service.  PATH ALONG service continually evolves to meet the changing needs of an older population.

Wisconsin's PATH ALONG model helps seniors during the hospital stay and outpatient treatment visits.  PATH ALONG is a strong arm of Home Care Path a community based organization commited to performing  a service that supports the changing needs of an older population.

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PATH ALONG Helps Seniors With Hospital Instruction

Wisconsin's PATH ALONG model helps seniors with the rapid ongoing transmission of instructions during a hospital stay.  The PATH ALONG model delivers a familiar structure to the process, helping seniors participate in post hospital care.  PATH ALONG provides needed support at the inpatient point of service which enhances the overall quality of the hospital stay.

With the increased severity of illness required for todays hospital stay seniors often cannot fully comprehend the lengthy systematic course being prescribed for them.  Hospital's have utilized technology to speed up the discharge and reduce the time of the inpatient stay. 

Many seniors do not recognize their own need for the help from another.  Seniors often perceive themselves as independent and with plenty of support, despite assessments that seem to indicate this is not true.   A hospitalized senior typically is sure of only one thing, they want to go back home.

Wisconsin's PATH ALONG model receives many referrals to help a senior from the family.  Family may notice multiple repeat visits to the emergency department of a hospital seeking help.  Family may see changes in hygeine, body weight, mobility , memory, awkward clothing, etc. that indicate the senior may benefit from the help of another.

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Wisconsins PATH ALONG Receives Call From CMS

Wisconsin's PATH ALONG Model had submitted form OMB No. 0938-1124 Community Based Care Transitions Program Applicant Data Sheet in January 2013.  The applicant data sheet was accompanied by a proposal to deliver a comprehensive approach to readmissions management for a south central Wisconsin hospital setting. 

Wisconsin's PATH ALONG is an original model that develops structure in four segments of service delivery to help reduce readmission rates.

1. PATH ALONG staff participate in strategies to manage the repetitive ER visit loop.

2. PATH ALONG staff participate in strategies to manage the use of observational outpatient status stays.

3. PATH ALONG staff accompany the consumer on the inpatient stay utilizing copyright content to improve quality and assure a safe recovery.

4. PATH ALONG staff adhere to an open needs based approach that connects supportive care when skilled care is not necessary.

PATH ALONG delivers an effective service which gives Wisconsin inpatient providers a quality referral source as response to federal regulations that reduce reimbursement rates for hospital readmissions.

On Wednesday, February 20, 2013 PATH ALONG received a call from CMS program administrator Juliana Tiongson who reports acceptance of recently submitted Community Based Care Transitions Program Applicant Data Sheets are on hold status for at least the next six months or more.

PATH ALONG is a privately paid service billed at 20.00 per hour.  PATH ALONG helps seniors during the hospital stay and outpatient treatment visits.   Staff accompany the consumer through the process. 

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PATH ALONG Readmission Risk Assessment

Wisconsin's PATH ALONG model spells out an assessment that can indicate an inherent risk for a hospital readmission.  If the patient experiences one of the following 3 assessments the risk for a readmission is too strong to ignore. 

1. The person has a history of a hospital readmission

2. The person has a diagnosis for a chronic disease (COPD, Diabetes, CHF) and a change in physical function

3. The person has a diagnosis for a chronic disease (COPD, Diabetes, CHF) and a change in cognition

Any of the three can measurably elevate the risk for a hospital readmission.   PATH ALONG helps the community manage the risk.   Regulations flowing from (CMS) The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid cause the loss of reimbursement with excessive hospital readmissions to progressively increase on an annual schedule.   A larger percentage of the total population in a rural community hospital location typically uses Medicare and Medicaid as a pay source.  Unchecked readmissions in a hospital caring for a rural community can mean the loss of a location.

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PATH ALONG care about your care RWJF

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) has as a mission to improve the health care of all Americans.  The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Care About Your Care is an initiative to improve care transitions as a way to reduce avoidable hospital readmissions. 

Wisconsin's PATH ALONG model utilizes copyright content to improve care transitions.  PATH ALONG is a strong arm of Home Care Path  www.homecarepath.com a community based organization commited to performing a service that supports the changing needs of an older population. 

PATH ALONG is an evidence based model with 3 defined services to help the hospitalist fulfill their continuity of care role.  PATH ALONG helps seniors during the hospital stay and outpatient treatment visits.  The focus is on care filled transitions.

The PATH ALONG model provides a simple assessment set that would indicate a person would benefit from a referral.  This improves access to an advanced delivery of supportive care.  Model structure incorporates individual preference as a way to enhance participation and demonstrate a measure of care assurance.

Reducing hospital readmission rates through assisting a patient with transitions of care is a big part of what Wisconsin's PATH ALONG model does.  Helping a hospital maintain fiscal integrity and retain the ability to perform needed medical services at their current location.  PATH ALONG is a model created to give the Wisconsin inpatient provider a quality referral source as response to federal regulations that reduce reimbursement rates for hospital readmissions.

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Wisconsins PATH ALONG Model Reduces Readmissions

Wisconsin's PATH ALONG model delivers a service that improves the quality and safety of a hospital stay.  PATH ALONG lists several factors that strengthen the patients ability to participate in the post discharge recovery. 

1. With PATH ALONG the patient receives the presence of another.

2. With PATH ALONG is compensation for a receiving deficit due to severe illness with ongoing communication.

3. PATH ALONG has copyright content that organizes pertinent aspects to compensate for shorter inpatient stays.

4. PATH ALONG staff employ productive strategies to work with a system that is still adjusting staffing levels to meet the higher influx of users.

5. PATH ALONG forges a strong connection with the primary MD to enhance the value of shared information flowing from the hospitalist and staff.

6. The PATH ALONG service occurs both in the hospital and follows to the residence.

Wisconsin's PATH ALONG model is a comprehensive design to helping hospitals reduce their readmission rates.  This insures the hospital location will maintain the fiscal intergity to properly continue to serve the growing user population.  PATH ALONG is an evidence based model with 3 defined services to help the hospitalist fulfill their continuity of care role.  Focus is on care filled transitions.

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PATH ALONG post Hospital Support

Wisconsin's PATH ALONG model delivers an advanced support which helps the community served safely adapt to the new hospital regulations.  Hospitals are challenged to insure consumers demonstrate assessment values that indicate a severe illness for an inpatient stay.  Individual hospital departments have employed technology and system strategy to speed up service and shorten the need to stay.  Regulatory policy reduces the rate of reimbursement the hospital will receive with incidence of readmissions. 

The community member using the service of today's hospital is challenged to learn about care options.  The paradigm has shifted from asking if the discharged patient will need help to how the discharged patient will access help.  Wisconsin's PATH ALONG model follows a hospitalized person through the stay and employs copyright content to insure a safe recovery with discharge.

The PATH ALONG model delivers rapid access to supportive staff (www.homecarepath.com) with an enhanced connection to the varied departments and community services delivering care for the discharged patient.  The recovery process with PATH ALONG's model involves the help of the community.   This utilization of existing support improves the efficiency of our medical system to keep the population being served in good health.

The PATH ALONG model helps seniors during the inpatient stay and outpatient treatment visits.  Services are suitable for a person who lives at home, in an assisted living facility, or in a skilled nursing home setting.   The CMS hospital readmission reduction initiative depends on community based providers collaborating effectively with hospital staff.    PATH ALONG is a strong arm of Home Care Path a community based organization commited to performing a service that supports the changing needs of an older population.

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PATH ALONG Revolving Door Syndrome Dartmouth

The Dartmouth Readmissions Report is out.  The Readmissions Report is an ongoing project through The Dartmouth Institute For Health Policy and Clinical Practice located 35 Centerra Parkway, Lebannon, NH 03766. 

This report separated readmissions by two characteristics.

1. First admission involved surgery

2. First admission involved a (CHF) medical condition

Current values indicate an increased awareness that readmissions (Revolving Door Syndrome) are a costly undesired aspect of todays health care delivery.  Long time community health care planners have recognized that part of the problem is a lack of understanding by the user population.

The Dartmouth Readmissions Report demonstrates that higher readmission rates correlate with higher admission rates.  So the greater the hospitals user population the greater the chance for an elevated readmission rate. 

The study involved an interview process that seemed to indicate that severe illness and fatigue associated with a hospitalization reduced the patient's ability to retain important information.

The scant progress seems to indicate the solution to the revolving door syndrome involves a broader acceptance of community service providers.  Wisconsin's PATH ALONG model helps seniors during the hospital stay and outpatient treatment visits. 

PATH ALONG is a strong arm of Home Care Path (www.homecarepath.com ) a community based organization commited to performing a service that supports the changing needs of an older population.  PATH ALONG is an evidence based model with 3 defined services to help the hospitalist fulfill their continuity of care role.  Focus is on care filled transitions. 

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PATH ALONG unknown readmission info

A little known factor in the high hospital readmission rates is the role of the emergency room.  Specifically how many discharged consumers have symptoms treated in the emergency room and go home in less than 30 days post discharge. 

Seven days post discharge a consumer enters the emergency room of the hospital and receives medications, fluids through an IV, a meal and a review of diagnosis specific instructions.  The patient is not admitted, simply treated as an outpatient and sent home.  This does not count as a hospital readmission. 

This is care and treatment health system planners would like to see occur in the clinic office of the primary medical doctor.  Both public (Medicare and Medicaid) and private health insurance plan organizations recognize this visit can be performed in the clinic setting for less cost than an emergency room visit.

The objective of today's readmission reduction strategies is to connect the patient with the appropriate service provider at the proper time.  Wisconsin's PATH ALONG model incorporates delivery and settings of provision as a portion of the inpatient service.  Combining medical plan of care guidance with individualized delivery solutions to achieve a measure of engagement that results in a healthy readmission free outcome.

PATH ALONG staff partner with the senior to develop post hospital discharge activities that can produce the most favorable results.  An ongoing model of support that delivers a flexible aspect that insures the inclusion of patient preference.  A pragmatic service with copyright content to impel a consistent level of care assurance.

Wisconsin's PATH ALONG model supports the senior with a hospital stay to help prevent a readmission.  PATH ALONG connects with the hospital emergency department to facilitate a rapid home with support (www.homecarepath.com)  option.  This can help the hospital manage the utilization of outpatient observational stays.  The take home message is PATH ALONG addresses the ER connection as a way to reduce readmission rates.

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PATH ALONG Helps Seniors With Scheduled Outpatient Procedures

Guess what will be helping hospitals earn money despite the empty beds from reducing readmissions.   The approach to replace revenue will be the scheduled outpatient procedure.

Costly hospital admissions will be replaced by outpatient services like a rotator cuff repair, or a colonoscopy.   Seniors will come to the hospital early in the morning, receive the procedure and be sent home later in the day.  Most seniors will depend upon the help of another for a period following the outpatient visit.

Community hospitals have disassembled inpatient rooms and constructed an outpatient design to allow day treatments to increase.  Newpapers have included half page ads that announce a need for the patient to drink less prep with their colonoscopy procedure.   Almost always see a person wearing the familiar rotator cuff repair sling with a trip to the grocery store.

As technology improves the speed of service delivery, larger volumes of users can receive treatment this way.   With the improved availability of supportive (www.homecarepath.com ) care providers seniors will find the new delivery method as a convenience.

Wisconsin's PATH ALONG model is a strong arm of Home Care Path a community based organization commited to performing a service that supports the changing needs of an older population.  PATH ALONG is an evidence based model with 3 defined services to help the hospital staff fulfill their continuity of care role.  Focus is on care filled transitions.

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PATH ALONG Wisconsin Player New Model Solve Resource Puzzle

Wisconsin's PATH ALONG model is a more but different approach to solving the health care resource puzzle.  PATH ALONG applies copyright content to delivery to improve health system performance. 

The PATH ALONG model facilitates early detection encouraging medical providers to refer the elder and family to supportive care capable of maintaining an effective connection with medical staff.  This can be most evident with an emergency room provider struggling with an observational outpatient stay.  Sending the senior home with the support of another (www.homecarepath.com ) and close communication with the hospital staff may be the most responsible option.

This reduces the hospital's risk with a coming CMS utilization audit that may deem the stay unnecessary.  This results in a denial of payment and the claims department billing the patient's family who will not understand.  The PATH ALONG model facilitates home with support at the point of service. 

The PATH ALONG model has a risk assessment process that can be understood by the varied disciplines making up the departments that provide health related service to the patient.  The PATH ALONG model embraces an evidence based approach to enhance measures of quality as the delivery evolves.

Wisconsin's PATH ALONG model is a strong arm of  Home Care Path a community based organization committed to performing a service that supports the changing needs of an older population.

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PATH ALONG the Hospital Paperwork

One senior describes entering the hospital under the green awning and going to the first door on the left.  The senior had pre-registered over the phone with a clerk working in another State.  The senior attended the outpatient procedure and left with instructions to make an appointment with the primary MD as a follow up. A week goes by...

The first thing the primary MD asked at the follow up visit was what did the outpatient staff say with your last procedure.  The elder tells the primary MD an abbreviated version of their memory of the experience. 

The primary MD writes an order for a referral to another outpatient specialty provider.  The nursing staff report the outpatient specialty provider will call to give you your appointment on the phone cause their office cannot schedule for another. A week goes by...

The clerk calls for the outpatient specialty provider and schedules the next appointment.  This appointment is to take place approximately 7 steps from the first door to the left under the green awning entrance.  A week goes by...

The elder receives in the mail prior to the next specialty provider visit the paperwork to be filled in.  There is the 4 page patient initial history questionaire, the 2 page patient registration form, and the reminder to contact your insurance with any prior authorizations. 

The elder cleverly notes that a clerk in the exact same hospital building less than 7 steps apart is asking for the identical information being stored as an electronic medical record for this patient in the computer 7 steps away.

The senior explains that being quite ill with this ongoing medical process she is not necessarily the most accurate source of information.  The elder expresses frustration with the obvious disconnect between health care providers working within the same network.

Wisconsin's PATH ALONG model involves a staff person accompanying the patient throughout their visits.  The PATH ALONG model improves communication throughout the transitons of care to insure access to proper medical treatment and ongoing supportive care service.

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PATH ALONG Picture The Destination

Wisconsin's PATH ALONG model contains copyright specifics to make the most of a hospital stay.  Utilizing the dynamic component of each transition to assure care is effective.  Facilitating continuity of support to help prevent a rehospitalization. 

The PATH ALONG model strengthens delivery of performed service through the varied departments staying focused on the goal of preventing a hospital readmission.   Pertinent tasks with the inpatient process to bolster recovery upon hospital discharge.

The destination post card the patient imagines is a recovery process free from a hospital readmission.   The destination picture forges simple images of the mind that indicate the post discharge disease management process is something the patient can participate in.

Accompanying the patient on the hospital stay can help tweak perceptions and instill a postive change in the recovery.   The approach to the condition and the patients effort produce a positive environment.  As a member of the health team the patient has shifted toward healing.

PATH ALONG is a powerful application that can advance an individuals capability in the inpatient and outpatient portions of a recovery.   Thoughtful content that genuinely forges a visible path with the inpatient treatment and ongoing needs for support.  PATH ALONG is an original Wisconsin model designed to reduce hospital readmissions. 

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Wisconsins PATH ALONG A Brand With A Cause

Wisconsin's PATH ALONG is a brand with a cause.  The cause is to help Wisconsin hospitals retain their location and continue to serve the surrounding population.  A larger percentage of the total population being served in a rural community hospital can use Medicare and Medicaid as a pay source.   A hospital budget dependent upon more Medicare and Medicaid admission revenue can be at risk of losing adequate reserve funds with the hospital readmission reduction program. 

The hospital readmission reduction program reduces reimbursement for the provider when a readmission occurs with a defined medical condition within a 30 day period.  The graph below demonstrates how the hospital readmission reduction program will progressively lessen reimbursement.

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The PATH ALONG model is a service delivered under the Home Care Path (www.homecarepath.com) corporation.  The service delivered through the PATH ALONG brand is very compatible with the cause which is to reduce the risk of loss to rural Wisconsin hospitals from the hospital readmission reduction program.

The daily work conducted through the PATH ALONG model is genuinely invested in advancing the principles of maintaining quality of care while reducing hospital readmission rates.

The PATH ALONG model has an open and readily understood operation that can be seen to benefit both the individual and the community simultaneously.

So the cause is to help the hospital manage the risk associated with reducing the readmission rate.  The brand is Wisconsin's PATH ALONG model.  The brand PATH ALONG has a compatible, genuine, and readily understood relationship with the cause. 

The PATH ALONG model delivers an advanced inpatient supportive care approach to managing the risk with transitions between providers.  Home Care Path is a leading senior care provider serving south central Wisconsin.  Staff help the senior with meals, bathing, dressing, transfers, scheduled toileting, errands, medication reminders, pet care, and more.  2013 rates are 20.00 per hour.  We accept long term care insurance.  We can be there when you are working.  Services can be tax deductible. Valuing home and human life.   To schedule service through Home Care Path or the PATH ALONG model simply call 608-432-4286 or email lkutzke@homecarepath.onmicrosoft.com

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Wisconsins PATH ALONG 4 Ways Reduce Hospital Readmissions

Wisconsin's PATH ALONG is a unique model designed to reduce hospital readmissions.  The following is a list of four important ways the PATH ALONG model helps hospital providers reduce their readmission rates. 

1. tailor transitions of care

2. prevent the repetitive emergency room visit loop

3. decrease admission as outpatient observational status

4. share evidence based information

Four pragmatic directions lending structure to an evolving model of delivery.   Copyright content with a comprehensive approach to facilitating a higher quality level of inpatient care.  Inherent in the PATH ALONG model is overproportioned communication to include patient preference as belonging during the inpatient outpatient process of recovery.  This maintains ongoing engagement while empowering the person to continue to participate and assure appropriate care and treatment.

The PATH ALONG model delivers Wisconsin's most advanced inpatient supportive care service.

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Wisconsins PATH ALONG and Interrelationships of Care Provision

Wisconsin's PATH ALONG model transforms the inpatient experience in order to achieve a significant reduction in the readmission rate.  PATH ALONG takes consistent steps to reduce readmission rates for a broad range of  hospitalized seniors with a chronic disease process.

As an inpatient the persons diagnosis is treated and the medications adjusted with the primary goal of getting the senior discharged.   This is a different service than addressing the factors that caused the admission to the hospital in the first place.  The PATH ALONG model is an inclusive design that focuses on the importance of collaborative efforts.

The PATH ALONG model expands the hospital settings ability to apprehend the interrelationships of involved providers while guiding the patients path to the desired medical plan of care goals.  A sound approach to identifying ongoing evidence that specific system processes reduce hospital readmissions.  This is important cause in Wisconsin community hospitals often transfer patients with a higher need in to a hospital with advanced care systems in place.

Wisconsin's PATH ALONG is a unique model that fits the idea that the cause of hospital readmissions seems to span multiple varied providers across the entire continuum of patient care delivery.  An ongoing service with built in quality improvement that includes taking a fresh look at root causes and documenting counter measures.

PATH ALONG places high importance on communication and collaboration of involved organizations in the effort to implement improvements in the system of care that serves a mutual population.  A service that fosters communication with a long term approach to developing lines of collaborative participation  resulting in a measure of care assurance.

Wisconsin's PATH ALONG is an evidence based model with 3 defined services to help the hospitalist fulfill their continuity of care role.  The focus is on care filled transitions.   Call 608-432-4286 to schedule service or email lkutzke@homecarepath.onmicrosoft.com  Please click on the site below with free access for additional information

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