Tracking Hospital Readmissions: Report on the First National Tracking Hospital Readmissions: Research and Reporting Conference
June 18, 2009
Report on the First National Tracking Hospital Readmissions: Research and Reporting Conference, held October 28-29, 2008 in San Antonio, Texas. The Conference was funded in part by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
AGENDA
1. Overview/summary of the conference: Denise Love, RN, MBA, NAHDO (15 min)
2. Consensus Building for Public Reporting on Hospital Readmission: Wu Xu, PhD, Utah Department of Health (15 min)
Report on the outcomes of Consensus building on standard methods in tracking hospital readmissions for public reporting developed from the conference
3. Clinically Specific Conditions and Considerations for Tracking Readmissions: Susan McBride, RN, PhD, Professor, Texas Tech University (15 min)
Report on the conclusions about the measurement and use of hospital readmission rates to assess and improve health care services reached during the panel discussion among two clinical scholars and two practicing clinicians with experience applying and evaluating measures of clinical performance.
4. Discussion (10 min)
5. Announcing the Second Readmissions Conference: “Beyond Consensus: Methods to Inform Improvements of Readmission Rates”. - October 14, 2009 at the Hilton Old Town, Alexandria, Virginia