HealthLeaders Media September 8, 2023
New initiative is expected to avert costly rehospitalizations while helping patients get and stay healthy.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
– Emory St. Joseph’s nurses will provide newly discharged patients with one-on-one weekly lifestyle and health coaching.
– The coaching will help establish and maintain healthy behaviors to keep the patients out of the hospital.
– The new program also will measure the benefits of attainable health goals.
Emory Saint Joseph’s Hospital in Atlanta has launched a nursing-led program to help patients navigate post-discharge health needs with one-on-one lifestyle coaching to fend off future hospitalizations and the costs they incur.
More than $52.4 billion is spent annually to care for patients readmitted to the hospital within 30 days for a previously treated condition,...
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