Richard A Moore II and colleagues studied the effect of implementing a transition coach program on 30-day readmission rates in a community hospital. The transition coach program was intended to address barriers to quality care during the transition from hospital to home. However, the study found that after implementing the transition coach program, 30-day readmission rates actually increased in this community hospital serving a predominantly low-income patient population. The objective was to determine the impact of the transition coach program on readmissions.

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2. Review Article
Transition Coach Program Implementation
Associated with Increased Thirty-Day Readmission
Rates in a Community Hospital Setting
 Richard A Moore II*, Travis Gerke, Derek Bourgoine and
Pracha P Eamranond
 *Corresponding author: Richard A Moore II, Rural Health
Group, Roanoke Rapids, NC Virginia Commonwealth University
School of Medicine in Richmond, VA, 273, Overlook Roanoke
Rapids, NC 27870, USA, Tel: 252-676-3821; Fax: 252-535-8847.
 Dates: Received: 17 June, 2016; Accepted: 28 June, 2016;
Published: 01 July, 2016
 Citation: Moore II RA, Gerke T, Bourgoine D, Eamranond PP
(2016) Transition Coach Program Implementation Associated
with Increased Thirty-Day Readmission Rates in a Community
Hospital Setting. Arch Community Med Public Health 2(1): 022-
026. DOI: 10.17352/2455-5479.0000121.

3. Abstract
 Background: With implementation of Medicare
policies affecting reimbursement for readmissions,
there has been increased emphasis on quality of
care during transition from hospital to home.
Several models for improved care, such as
utilization of transition coaches, have developed
to address barriers to quality healthcare that are
prevalent in this care transition.
 Objective: To study the effect of implementation
of a transition coach program on thirty-day
readmission rates in a community setting serving a
predominantly low-income patient population.

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