Meeting
Abstract Number: 335
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: Recurrent hospitalizations are responsible for considerable health care costs. This retrospective observational study was undertaken to determine whether timely communication of care (COC), such as direct phone call or voicemail notice, following a hospitalization is effective at increasing clinic follow-up rates and reducing readmissions within 30 days after discharge. Methods: We analyzed 237 patients […]