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Promising Practices. Overview. Observations and Ideas: Promising Practices From WI Readmission Collaboratives. What we have learned…. Pre-Admission During Stay Post-Discharge. Pre-Admission. Good cross-department communication prior to admission decision

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  1. Promising Practices Overview Observations and Ideas: Promising Practices From WI Readmission Collaboratives

  2. What we have learned…. • Pre-Admission • During Stay • Post-Discharge

  3. Pre-Admission • Good cross-department communication prior to admission decision • Have a diversion program for crisis and detox patients • Adopt a single point of entry • Peer supports available

  4. During Stay • Apply evidence based practices (e.g. motivational interviewing, contingency mgt.) to increase continuation and reduce no-shows • Begin discharge planning at admission • For discharge, meet with social worker and nurse to review crisis plan, community resources, and medications • Include outpatient and/or recovery personnel in discharge planning process

  5. Post-Discharge • Reduce wait time from hospital to detox to outpatient. • Conduct warm hand-offs to the next level of care/ Reduce follow-up appointment no-shows • Conduct phone follow-up a) within 1 week of discharge and 2) for the next 1-3 months (via case mgt.)

  6. Nominal Group Technique • We need to identify possible problems and • brainstorm possible solutions to test. The NGT can help!

  7. NGT (7 Steps) Preparation (e.g., room and question) Silent idea generation Recording of ideas Idea discussion Preliminary voting Discussion of preliminary voting Final voting on ideas

  8. Assignment Brainstorm ideas for reducing readmissions using the Nominal Group Technique

  9. Questions? • What can we add to the list?

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