McMaster Textbook of Internal Medicine

McMaster Textbook of Internal Medicine
Lectures
Medical Grand Rounds
Preventing medical readmissions: State of the art

Preventing medical readmissions: State of the art

2022-08-22

Lauren Lapointe-Shaw, Madeleine Verhovsek, John Neary

Dr Lauren Lapointe-Shaw from the University of Toronto characterizes types of hospital admissions that can be considered avoidable and reflects on ways to improve medical interventions to prevent readmissions after discharge. The webinar, chaired by Dr Madeleine Verhovsek and Dr John Neary, was recorded at the Chair's Medical Grand Rounds on May 26, 2022.

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