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Mahmood, Redah Z, Bumpus, Sherry M, Smith, Cydni A, Sylvester, Rachel H, Spooner, Kelly, Montgomery, Daniel G, Kline-Rogers, Eva, Vaishnava, Prashant, Eagle, Kim A, Rubenfire, Melvyn |
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Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality & Outcomes; May 2013, Vol. 6 Issue: 3, Number 3 Supplement 1 |
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Background:Current legislation imposes financial penalties for institutions with high 30 day readmissions for acute myocardial infarction (AMI). BRIDGE is a nurse practitioner (NP) based post discharge transitional care program aimed at ensuring prompt (target: within 2 weeks) follow up (fu) and facilitation of care for cardiac patients. Herein we report the effect of BRIDGE on readmissions and ED visits in over 1000 cardiac patients. |
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