Chief Healthcare Executive December 17, 2023
Miranda Rochol

Health system administrators may find that 2024 is the year they can drive down overall spending through looking at the ER discharge process, “meds to beds,” and the role of the outpatient pharmacy.

As health system administrators and executives look toward the new year, many issues are on the table: hospital worker burnout, rising prices and lower reimbursements, ever-thinning margins – the list goes on.

Many may see only doom and gloom, but there’s one topic I’m optimistic about: ER visits.

Health systems can make an impact on the all-important hospital readmission rate through emergency departments by focusing on the discharge plans after an ER visit. The goal at ER discharge should be the patient not returning to the ER...

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