Readmission within 30 days for mental health and addictions conditions

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Readmission within 30 days for mental health and addictions conditions

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A readmission within 30 days for mental health or an addiction can occur due to issues such as poor access to adequate community-based care and/or challenges in medication adherence and self-care. It may be indicative of a negative clinical outcome or lack of services.

Click here to visit Health Quality Ontario’s Indicator Library to view how to measure readmissions within 30 days for mental health and addiction.

Change Ideas

Promote self-management and patient education

Connect patients with relevant resources in their community for self-care, information gathering, and support
Resource Hub by the Ontario Centre of Excellence for Child and Youth Mental Health
Use the teach-back method to verify patients understand their discharge instructions
Teach-back by Health Quality Ontario
Evaluate existing patient education tools to identify areas for improvement
Patient Education Materials Assessment Tool for Printable Materials (PEMAT-P) by AHRQ

Tailor discharge planning to the individual

Streamline and optimize the discharge planning process before the patient leaves the hospital
Re-engineered Discharge Toolkit (RED) by AHRQ
Use patient-oriented discharge summaries to ensure patients are well prepared for discharge
Patient-Oriented Discharge Toolkit (PODS) by OpenLab (UHN)

Plan for following up with patients after discharge

Identify patients who may benefit from more intense post-discharge care
LACE index tool by Health System Performance Research
Review the quality standard Transitions Between Hospital and Home to care for patients with complex care needs
Ontario Health Quality Standard Transitions between Hospital and Home

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Readmission within 30 days for mental health and addictions conditions

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Click here to visit Health Quality Ontario’s Indicator Library to view how to measure readmissions within 30 days for mental health and addiction.

Change Ideas

Promote self-management and patient education

Connect patients with relevant resources in their community for self-care, information gathering, and support
Resource Hub by the Ontario Centre of Excellence for Child and Youth Mental Health
Use the teach-back method to verify patients understand their discharge instructions
Teach-back by Health Quality Ontario
Evaluate existing patient education tools to identify areas for improvement
Patient Education Materials Assessment Tool for Printable Materials (PEMAT-P) by AHRQ

Tailor discharge planning to the individual

Streamline and optimize the discharge planning process before the patient leaves the hospital
Re-engineered Discharge Toolkit (RED) by AHRQ
Use patient-oriented discharge summaries to ensure patients are well prepared for discharge
Patient-Oriented Discharge Toolkit (PODS) by OpenLab (UHN)

Plan for following up with patients after discharge

Identify patients who may benefit from more intense post-discharge care
LACE index tool by Health System Performance Research
Review the quality standard Transitions Between Hospital and Home to care for patients with complex care needs
Ontario Health Quality Standard Transitions between Hospital and Home

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Readmission within 30 days for mental health and addictions conditions

Change Ideas

Promote self-management and patient education

Tailor discharge planning to the individual

Plan for following up with patients after discharge

Readmission within 30 days for mental health and addictions conditions

Change Ideas

Promote self-management and patient education

Tailor discharge planning to the individual

Plan for following up with patients after discharge

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Indicators & Change Ideas

Are you looking to improve the issues facing today’s health care system?

Readmission within 30 days for mental health and addictions conditions

Change Ideas

Promote self-management and patient education

Tailor discharge planning to the individual

Plan for following up with patients after&nbsp;discharge

Readmission within 30 days for mental health and addictions conditions

Change Ideas

Promote self-management and patient education

Tailor discharge planning to the individual

Plan for following up with patients after&nbsp;discharge

Plan for following up with patients after discharge

Plan for following up with patients after discharge