A Better Way to Understand Postdischarge Care

Published: March 11, 2018, 1:22 p.m.

b'As hospitals are increasingly held accountable for what happens outside the hospital walls, they need access to better claims data. In a recent study published in November issue of The American Journal of Managed Care\\xae, researchers with the Michigan Value Collaborative found that it is possible to derive episode-level utilization from claims data and it provides a level of postdischarge care precision that is superior to medical records that hospitals have access to.\\n\\nRead the study:\\nValidation of a Claims-Based Algorithm to Characterize Episodes of Care: www.ajmc.com/journals/issue/2017/2017-vol23-n11/validation-of-a-claimsbased-algorithm-to-characterize-episodes-of-care'