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Reduce Unnecessary Hospital Readmissions

Posted By admin On March 9, 2011 @ 11:21 am In NPSF in the News,Updates | News | Press | No Comments

Huffington Post: Healthly Living, March 9, 2011

Patients discharged from America’s hospitals return much sooner than one might expect, exacting an enormous and unnecessary human and financial toll. The good news is that an estimated three quarters of those readmissions could be prevented. There’s also good news in that patients can help reduce their own chances of readmission. More…


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