Improving Care Transitions

Preventing Avoidable Readmissions

Education Programs

• A Collaborative Approach to Reducing Readmissions: Harnessing the Patient Voice to Improve Care Transitions
  June 20th, 2019
  Offered in partnership with Healthcentric Advisors
• Leveraging Data Reports – Webinar Series
  April and May 2017
  The Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA), Massachusetts Health and Hospital Association, Massachusetts Coalition for the Prevention of Medical Errors, and New England QIN QIO partnered to offer a webinar series on leveraging data reports to support reducing preventable readmissions
• Massachusetts STAAR Learning Session
  April 23, 2012
  Offered in partnership with the Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association

Resources

• STAAR (STate Action to Avoid Rehospitalizations)
  • Reducing Readmissions: Highlights from Massachusetts STAAR Cross-Continuum Teams
    A sample of improvement stories of reducing avoidable readmissions from the Massachusetts STAAR Cross-Continuum teams, comprised of hospitals, long-term care facilities, home health agencies, physician office practices, and others (2012)
    
  • Reducing Readmissions: Specific Tools from Massachusetts Cross Continuum Teams
    Tools these cross-continuum teams have used which they have provided for others to use (this document is a Word file, allowing users to download the tools and modify/customize them for their own use)
  • Institute for Healthcare Improvement STAAR materials

Links to Programs Sponsored by Others

• CHART Phase 2 Statewide Convening
  October 16, 2017
  Offered by the Health Policy Commission
• Readmission Summit Focused on Care across the Continuum & Patient and Family Engagement
  November 6, 2014
  Offered by the Massachusetts Health and Hospital Association

Resources from Others:

• Health Research & Educational Trust, Hospital Improvement Innovation Network (HRET HIIN)
• Project RED Toolkit

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