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19. HRET Leadership Guide
Reducing Avoidable Hospital Readmissions
Text version of slide presentation.
HRET Leadership Guide

Image: Cover of the Health Care Leader Action Guide to Reduce Avoidable Readmissions.
Provides strategies for you to—
- Examine your hospital's current rate of readmissions.
- Assess and prioritize your improvement opportunities.
- Develop an action plan of strategies to implement.
- Monitor your hospital's progress.
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Page last reviewed June 2009
Internet Citation: 19. HRET Leadership Guide: Reducing Avoidable Hospital Readmissions.
June 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/professionals/systems/hospital/red/readmissions/readslide19.html