The Hospital to Home (H2H)
national quality improvement
initiative is a collaboration of
the American College of Cardiology
and the Institute for Healthcare
Improvement to address the complex
challenge of creating a coordinated
health care team across different
settings of care and to provide reliable,
safe and health-enhancing transitions
for patients. Studies have shown substantial
opportunities to improve early
rehospitalization rates, particularly for
patients hospitalized with cardiovascular
conditions like heart failure and
acute myocardial infarction (AMI).
H2H will provide hospitals and practices
with proven evidence-based
strategies and the tools and systems
necessary to improve care transitions,
empower patients and ultimately reduce
preventable and costly hospital
readmissions.
Goal: Reduce the 30 day all-cause readmission rate among patients discharged with heart failure or AMI by 20 percent nationally by December 2012.
The NC Quality Center encourages all NC hospitals to enroll in the H2H program.
For more information,
Visit: www.h2hquality.org
Email: hospital2home@acc.org
Download the flyer: (594k PDF)
Download the presentation by Gaston Memorial (11.1MB PDF)
Download the presentation by Mark Stewart (4.1MB PDF)
Download the 3/31 webinar (40.6MB wmv)