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As part of its efforts to reduce readmissions, WellStar Health System, based in suburban Atlanta, is meeting with post-acute providers to collaborate on ways to make transitions between levels of care smoother. It is piloting a program in which a transition coach works with heart failure patients in the hospital and follows them for four weeks following discharge.

Readmission project aims to smooth transitions

As part of its efforts to reduce readmissions, WellStar Health System, based in suburban Atlanta, is meeting with post-acute providers to collaborate on ways to make transitions between levels of care smoother. It is piloting a program in which a transition coach works with heart failure patients in the hospital and follows them for four weeks following discharge.