March 29, 2016 Webinar Will Measure and Evaluate the Impact of Home Visits for Clinically Complex Patients

Sea Girt, NJ, February 29, 2016 --(PR.com)-- A home visit to a clinically complex patient following discharge from the hospital can yield a host of data that a follow-up call or even an office visit might miss.

Community Care of North Carolina (CCNC), conducting post-discharge home visits for its clinically complex Medicaid population for the last eight years, will share program highlights and the impact of home visits on readmission rates and healthcare spend for these beneficiaries during "Measuring and Evaluating the Impact of Home Visits for Clinically Complex Patients," a March 29, 2016 webinar.

The 45-minute webcast is sponsored by the Healthcare Intelligence Network.

Learn more about CCNC Home Visits for Medically Complex Patients at http://store.hin.com/product.asp?itemid=5124

News Facts:

Scheduled Speaker: Carlos Jackson, PhD., assistant director of program evaluation for CCNC.

Conference Focus: Participants will get an inside look at CCNC's home visits initiative, from participant identification methods to the impact of home visits on key performance metrics. Jackson's presentation will cover the following:

- Why the home visit is so impactful compared to telephonic follow-up or face-to-face contact in the primary care office for these clinically complex patients;

- How CCNC uses real-time feeds from inpatient admissions combined with a predictive analytics tool and then wraps intelligence around this data to prioritize patient contacts;

- Which two conditions CCNC teaches its care managers not to exclude from the home visit intervention because of its potential impact;

- How to use program evaluations to educate care managers on the intervention's impact to prevent care managers from becoming discouraged with clinically complex patients; and

- The statistically significant results from the program on CCNC's readmission rates and healthcare spend.

Ample time for Q&A will be provided.

Webinar Formats: 45-minute live webinar on March 29, 2016 at 1:30 pm Eastern, including Q&A; "On-Demand" replay available March 31, 2016; 45-minute training DVD or CD-ROM with printed transcript available April 19, 2016. Participants may add an on-demand replay, DVD or CD to live session registrations to share with colleagues.

Learn more about CCNC Home Visits for Medically Complex Patients http://store.hin.com/product.asp?itemid=5124

Quote attributable to Melanie Matthews, HIN Executive VP and COO:

For Melanie Matthews's profile, please visit http://www.hin.com/bios.html#mm

"Visiting clinically complex patients at home following their hospital stay affords the care team not only a unique perspective on the patient's experience but also a face-to-face opportunity to clarify care instructions, reconcile medications and address medical or socioeconomic concerns or service needs--all critical issues that, left untended, could result in a patient's rehospitalization."

Please contact Patricia Donovan to arrange an interview or to obtain additional quotes.

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