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Readmissions Infographic

Preventing avoidable hospital readmissions is considered by many to be the most important opportunity for reducing waste in health care.  The Johns Hopkins ACG® System can be used to identify at-risk patients.

This infographic from DST Health Solutions provides an example of a patient at high risk for readmission.

Learn more about readmissions in this podcast of Amy Salls, Director of Population Health Strategy for DST Health Solutions.  Amy discusses what a readmission is and why identifying these at-risk patients is important.