GlyCare Can Help Reduce 30-Day Readmission Rates
Why Glucose Control Is Crucial to Avoiding Complications and Lowering Readmission Rates
by Jennifer Peterson, DNP, APRN, LMT, FNP-BC
Physicians get burnout. Long hours, repeated stress, and physical and mental fatigue all take their toll. Of late, The World Health Organization (WHO) added “burnout” to the International Classification of Diseases 11th Revision as an official medical diagnosis. Burnout is costing the U.S. approximately $4.6 billion yearly for costs related to physician turnover and reduced clinical hours (Estes & Wagstaff, 2020). That number doesn’t include the possible cost to life and medical care of patients who perhaps did not receive quality care because their physician had burnout. One senior VP recounts conducting root cause analyses after each serious adverse event and the responses from the healthcare teams always started out explaining how busy they were due to the high census (Nelson, 2012). We need to give our healthcare teams some relief to reduce their burdens.
How Glycemic management reduces readmission rates
Help reduce 30-day readmission rates due to glycemic abnormalities by partnering with GlyCare. GlyCare provides comprehensive glycemic management in hospitals, bridge clinics, and virtually outpatient. GlyCare is a team of dedicated, endocrinologist trained and supervised, diabetes mid-level providers who care for patients’ glycemic abnormalities. They work in conjunction with physicians, nurses, and staff to ensure proper blood glucose management. The team can expedite glucose control and subsequently ensure it stays within goal range. Patients with diabetes need proper support, guidance, and safe medication planning. Outsourcing diabetes management to GlyCare can lessen the number of complications and subsequently readmission rates.
About the author
Dr. Jennifer Peterson, Nurse Practitioner, is the Director of Quality Assurance and Integration for GlyCare. She has years of experience managing diabetes for patients in the hospital and now trains other nurse practitioners to do the same. Dr. Peterson also ensures GlyCare provides high quality services for all patients through a quality review program she created.
References
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. 2020. Hospital readmissions reduction program (HRRP).
Ellison, A. (2019, October 1). CMS penalizes 2,583 hospitals for high readmissions: 5 things to know. Becker’s Hospital Review [tweet].
Learn more about partnering with GlyCare for a turn-key diabetes management service. For more information on how to incorporate either in-person or virtual diabetes management, contact us today.