Medicare takes aim at boomerang hospitalizations of nursing home patients. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Medicare takes aim at boomerang hospitalizations of nursing home patients. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

• Newspaper/Magazine Article
 
• Published June 2018

Medicare takes aim at boomerang hospitalizations of nursing home patients.

Rau J. Kaiser Health News. June 13, 2018.

Safety problems are common in nursing homes due to challenges such as poor safety culture, staff burnout, and inappropriate polypharmacy. Describing how medication missteps and communication errors can diminish safety of residential care, this news article discusses system-level incentives that can either contribute to avoidable hospital readmissions of long-term care patients or be employed to improve practice.

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