Case Study
Shannon Skilled Nursing Facility Enhances Care Transitions and Lowers Readmission Rates
Highlights Summary
- Shannon Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) achieves lowest hospital readmission rate in community, nearly 10 percent lower than national SNF average
- Shannon Medical Center implements PeraTrend™ house-wide, allowing more complete view of patient condition
- Clinicians include PeraTrend’s real-time Rothman Index (RI) in making team decisions on patient discharges and transfers
Reducing readmissions has been one of our goals for many years. We’ve recently seen a pattern with many patients being readmitted to our hospital from LTC facilities. We want to partner with these referral facilities and improve care together.
Pam Bradshaw, DNP, MBA, NEA-BC, CCRN-K
Chief Operating Officer and Chief Nursing Officer, Shannon Medical Center