Predicting Hospital Re-admissions

http://journals.lww.com/professionalcasemanagementjournal/Fulltext/2012/01000/Affordable_Care_Act__Predictive_Modeling.5.aspx

This is a very interesting article. I highly recommend reading it. It is very informative and has CE as added bonus! It makes me asks how many of you are using a predictive model in your organization to avoid re-admissions? The article also explains the changes in thinking that are needed to adapt the Accountable Care Organizations Models of Care. I firmly believe in developing patient-family-physician-nurse relationships in making discharge decisions. I also think patients are ready for discharge when they “feel and think” they are ready.  This article certainly elicits my curiosity in developing predictive models to prevent re- admissions.