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Comment on A Shift Happens: Care Transitions Lessons from San Diego County by Ken

Ken — Wed, 08 May 2013 14:33:36 +0000

Can we see a copy of CCTP 101 or a link to the manual. That would be a good resource. Thanks – Ken

Comment on JAMA Report Finds Community Collaboration Key to Reducing Hospitalizations and Rehospitalizations by stef

stef — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 04:27:49 +0000

i have organized three nurse practioners who have all done subacute work and are familar with home visits: our idea is to set it up as a private company and i work as a medical director: we are doing it privately and feel that we can adapt faster to the market forces compared to larger hospitals or powerful nursing home chains. the bottom line is the nps and myself have equal partnership and my feeling is that we all have to work from a motivated private practioner paradigm and create the primary care model that i have seen evaporate over the last 10 years as a geriatrician. it seems the the hired persons at various places do not have the same motivation as private practioners and i feel reformulating the idea of a homecare provider, and integrating a family approach makes it more real for the community. i feel that this team should have some components of a multidisplinary team mixed that works like a hybrid nursing home and hospice team: maybe more pallitive care but this too is ill defined (just passed my boards on this)

I guess i found the whole hospitalist trend troubling, as the whole snfist trend troubling: i dont see the transition care team working if its not a care coordination team that places the primary care provider at the center: i fear the concept will collapse if there is no sense of community as the old family docs had about 40 years ago. i just dont see large institutions pulling it off

Comment on Readmissions Count: Should CMS Revise Its Calculations? by Randy Krakauer

Randy Krakauer — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 00:00:09 +0000

Thank you for writing this. We have sent comments to this effect to CMS a couple times – thought we were alone. When you reduce avoidable admissions you make it harder to achieve a readmissions target based on %. NOVA care (Portland, Maine) runs Medicare admissions 50% below the CMS region (I can send you the published reference). Their readmissions are actually 1/2 what they appear to be experssed as a %. Randy

Comment on Readmissions Count: Should CMS Revise Its Calculations? by Raymond Carter

Raymond Carter — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 19:25:12 +0000

I would like to reprint this as an op ed in the February 2013 issue of Readmissions News. Can someone put me in touch with Dr. Lynn directly?

Raymond Carter
Senior Editor, Readmissions News
Conference Coordinator , National Readmissions Summit
Tel: 916-903-7603
Fax: 916-903-7593
E-mail: raymondcarter2@gmail.com
http://www.ReadmissionsNews.com
http://www.ReadmissionsSummit.com

Comment on January 14 deadline for comments on Meaningful Use Stage 3 by CLinton Gallagher @virtualCableTV

CLinton Gallagher @virtualCableTV — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 18:39:05 +0000

Not a word about providing caregivers such as sons and daughters with data pertinent to their care of the person(s) they care for; mom, dad or whomever and the crippleware sh!t webpages we are being forced to use is not data pertinent to the care of persons being cared for by their caregivers themselves.

Not a word about ensuring pharmacies as the point of dispensing mediction be required to export the prescription data in a standardized data format the caregivers can import into software they can use to manage their care for those they care for.

Caregivers are being left out of this entire process

Comment on Dr. Eric Coleman on Care Transitions: 10/27 Webinar by John Lynn, MD

John Lynn, MD — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 22:08:30 +0000

I would like to be notified about upcoming seminars regarding care transitions. thank you. John Lynn, MD

Comment on CFMC releases Care Transitions Toolkit by Renata Colon

Renata Colon — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 12:59:10 +0000

Thank you for a copy of the tool kit. I am in development of a QIP for prevention of CHF readmissions I am interested in learning from best practices.

Comment on Care Management Effort Integrates Care for Low-Income Elderly Patients by Irish Homecare Services

Irish Homecare Services — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 09:00:49 +0000

Frail Elders Care Management Program really beneficial for the low income elder’s patient as they will get care service without spending much money.

Comment on CCTP Project in Delaware County, PA,Testing a Modified Transitional Care Model by Nikki

Nikki — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 12:33:55 +0000

This Community-based Care Transitions Program very helpful to senior citizens to take right health care services... Delaware Medicare

Comment on The Case for Identifying Family Caregivers on Medical Records by Connie Siskowski

Connie Siskowski — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 04:08:11 +0000

It would be wonderful for the EMR to include family caregivers of all ages – then children in this role – the silent and hidden providers of care – would be identified and recognized.