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Community 'Dream Team' reduces readmissions

Hospital readmissions are a complex problem. Now that reimbursement is affected, the issue is getting more attention, but attention on its own doesn't solve the problems that create readmissions. Rushed patient discharge, disconnects between the patient and the healthcare setting, and a host of patient-specific problems from disability to health illiteracy create a net that keeps pulling patients back into hospitals.

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