Leading Change: Community Healthcare Outcomes Meeting Summaries and Presentations
The second meeting
of the Leading Change: Community Healthcare Outcomes Initiative was held
at the Foundation for Healthy Communities office on October 27, 2011.
The focus was on activity in the state targeting prevention of
readmissions for patients with Congestive Heart Failure.
Goal of this initiative is: Learn practical strategies to achieve
desired clinical outcomes and understand the long-term cost of treatment
by developing new integrated models of care through shared information
and education to improve health or maintain the quality of life for
patients with an acute illness or disease condition.
Program included:
Welcome, introductions & outline of meeting objectives by Steve Ahnen
Program updates from Wentworth-Douglas Hospital and Southern NH Medical Center
Discussion about future direction and work by Shawn LaFrance
Presentations and agenda from the October 27, 2011 meeting:
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National and State Data on Readmissions and Financial Applications by Anne Diefendorf
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The Capital Region VNA and Concord Hospital Heart Wellness Relationship by Mary Deveau
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Sunbridge HealthCare Partnership with Hospitals to reduce the risk of readmission of patients with CHF by Ruth Thompson
'Leading Change: Community Healthcare Outcomes Project' Meeting - February 8, 2011
- Agenda
- Dr. John Butterly, cardiologist, from Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
- Dr. Bill Brandon and Mary Rafferty, RN from Wentworth Douglass Hospital
- Dr. Stewart Fulton from Southern New Hampshire Medical Center
- Margaret Franckhauser, RN, MS, from Central New Hampshire VNA and Hospice
