Seven Key Points for Physicians Related to Reducing Avoidable Acute Care Hospitalizations
- If given the choice of being hospitalized versus staying at home, patients prefer home to the hospital.
- Currently, more than one in four home health patient episodes results in a hospitalization.
- Home health can provide assistance to physicians in reducing avoidable acute care hospitalizations of their patients.
- For the next year, a national home health campaign is underway to provide assistance to providers delivering patient care by addressing ways to reduce avoidable hospitalizations.
- Utilizing best practice interventions, home health agencies can provide physicians with current, accurate patient information to assist in keeping the patient at home.
- Home health agencies can assess patients at high risk for hospitalizations and identify interventions that promote more effective, safe and efficient care of patients.
- Contact your local home health agency for more information on how you can work together to achieve better patient outcomes.