Six area hospitals are among 100 Kentucky hospitals joining the Kentucky Hospital Association to improve patient care and reduce health care costs in the state.
The hospitals’ goals include reducing preventable readmissions and hospital-acquired conditions.
Included in the program are Greenview Regional Hospital, The Medical Centers in Bowling Green, Scottsville and Franklin, T.J. Samson Community Hospital in Glasgow and Caverna Memorial Hospital.
The program will help hospitals identify ways to improve patient safety and share learning among hospitals across the state. The goal for this two-year project is to reduce preventable hospital readmissions that occur within 30 days of discharge by 20 percent and hospital-acquired conditions by 40 percent (compared to 2010) by the end of 2013.
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