Vanderbilt’s penalty will drop from .6 percent in 2012 to .11 percent this year, and Saint Thomas West’s penalty will drop from .82 percent in 2012 to .43 percent this year.
Both hospitals have put resources into streamlining patient care transitions between inpatient stays and home. Vanderbilt has focused on addressing discharge-related issues earlier on in each patient’s stay, while Saint Thomas West has placed an emphasis on assigning patients staff guides for their transition process.
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