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Debra Peter1, Paula Robinson, Marie Jordan
1Author Affiliations: Patient Care Specialist (Ms Peter), Patient Care Services; Patient Education Specialist (Ms Robinson), Patient EducationDepartment; Nursing Administrator (Ms Jordan), Patient Care Services; Vice President (Ms Lawrence), Care Continuum; and Chair (Dr Salas-Lopez), Department of Medicine, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, Pennsylvania; and Business Advisor (Ms Casey), McKesson Provider Technologies, Alpharetta, Georgia.
Abstract:
This article describes a quality improvement initiative, implemented by a patient education workgroup within a tertiary Magnet® facility. The project focused on the association between inadequate care transitions in patients with heart failure and subsequent costly readmissions. The teach-back initiative was piloted with patients hospitalized with heart failure, because of this population's high risk of readmission. Learning outcomes included documented improvements in patients' understanding of their disease and reduced readmission rates.
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